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.
Bombardier Aerospace’s three newest line maintenance facilities underscore a significant, ongoing change in the business aviation world by virtue of their locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Monterrey, Mexico; and Riga, Latvia. Long a North American-centric industry in terms of manufacturing and ownership, business aviation is expanding across the globe in all facets. While the majority of aircraft are in the U.S. and Canada, new machines are going to owners elsewhere in nearly equal numbers.
William Garvey (Teterboro, N.J.), Joseph C. Anselmo (Savannah, Ga.)
General Dynamics’ $2.2-billion purchase of Jet Aviation in 2008 was costly, sensitive and arguably ill-timed, but those in charge insist the acquisition makes solid strategic sense and that business, which suffered during last year’s recession, is returning. Moreover, they say initial concerns by airframe manufacturer-customers who compete with Gulfstream, another General Dynamics unit, seem to have been assuaged by a clear and continued arm’s length separation of those entities. Finally, the acquisition by a U.S.
Joseph C. Anselmo (Savannah, Ga. ), William Garvey (Savannah, Ga. )
Shortly before the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) 2010 convention began, Gulfstream Aerospace President Joe Lombardo met at the company’s Savannah, Ga., headquarters with Aviation Week editors William Garvey and Joseph C. Anselmo. He talked about the industry’s prospects for recovery and why Gulfstream is faring better than most other business jet manufacturers. AW&ST: The business aviation industry is still announcing layoffs and production cuts. Are you disappointed that the market has not rebounded faster?
