William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.

Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.

An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

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Articles

William Garvey
Lufthansa Technik (LT) has undergone a careful and slow expansion of its capabilities to handle three widebody completions simultaneously – just in time for a peak in that market, says Walter Heerdt, senior vice president marketing and sales. A Boeing 767-400 now being completed at LT’s Hamburg facility will be joined by a Boeing 747-8, the first of that model, in September and then another 747-8 in December or January, Heerdt says.
Business Aviation

William Garvey
It's no secret that Hawker Beechraft has been having a tough time since the business aviation market took its swan dive in 2008. That was just a year after the Wichita maker of King Airs (photo upper right), Hawkers and T-6 military trainers was acquired by Goldman Sachs and Onex Corp. for a hefty $3.2 billion, two-thirds of which was borrowed. The company has streamlined operations and reduced costs, but suffered operating losses of $1 billion, and servicing the debt has added mightily to its burden. Something had to give.
Business Aviation

William Garvey
Paper airplanes—not the kind schoolboys fold and toss, but rather the detailed imaginings designers hope will one day take full form and ply the world's airways—could be bound into a thick volume of dreams unfulfilled. Most are quickly forgotten, but a few are so bold in concept and their backers so stubborn that, however unlikely, they might someday actually take flight.
Business Aviation
William Garvey