Bill Carey

Senior Editor, Business Aviation

Washington, DC

Summary

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.

Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.

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Articles

By Bill Carey
The Trump administration in its fiscal 2019 budget submission renewed the controversial effort to divest the FAA of its air traffic control (ATC) function by creating a separate organization.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Authorities closed London City Airport and canceled all flights Feb. 12 following the discovery the previous day of an unexploded World War II-era bomb in the nearby Thames River.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
FAA OK of the 767-2C that serves as the baseline aircraft of the USAF's KC-46 tanker marked a first for the aircraft’s GE Aviation flight management system.
Defense and Space