Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense business issues, and is editor in chief of Aviation Week Executive Intelligence newsletters. Beyond reporting, Bruno helps organize related Aviation Week conferences, hosts podcasts and webinars, and speaks publicly as a subject matter expert on industry issues. Since joining Aviation Week in 2005, he has won several Jesse H. Neal and Aerospace Media awards. He has a master's degree from Syracuse University and a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University.
New aviation rollup iAero Group said on Dec. 12 it signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.
Chicago-based Inflight entertainment provider Gogo continues to weigh a corporate sale and other strategic options but has repositioned debt and secured more of a financial lifeline in the meantime, the company said Dec. 6.