Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita, KS

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 25-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week market intelligence report. 

Before joining Aviation Week, Molly spent nearly 20 years at the Wichita Eagle, Kansas’ largest newspaper, where she served as senior aviation/aerospace reporter.

Along the way, she has had some unique experiences, including a ride with the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, a parachute jump with the U.S. Army Golden Knights demonstration team and a ride in the back of an Air Force tanker watching a boom operator fuel a fighter jet. Her reporting has taken her across the world. Molly became a private pilot in 2011.

She has won multiple state and national journalism awards, including awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Heart of America and the Kansas Press Association. She was the recipient of the 2013 National Business Aviation Association’s Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence and was featured in a book on Kansas called Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers and Scientists.

A graduate of Wichita State University, Molly was selected the 2014 Outstanding Alumni at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
With the outbreak of the omicron COVID variant and resulting cancellation of many international flights, some private operators have returned to flying repatriation flights to help those stranded by the airlines without a way to return home.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation has outlined major facility expansions over the next three to five years for its sites in East Alton, Illinois; Grand Junction, Colorado; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Signature Aviation has purchased Vail Valley Jet Center at Eagle County Regional Airport in Gypsum, Colorado.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers