Commercial Aviation/MRO Editors
Andrew Compart
andrew_compart@aviationweek.com
202-383-2339
Andrew writes about low-cost carriers, airline distribution and marketing, and other topics. Before joining Aviation Week he worked at Travel Weekly covering all aspects of the airline business for nine years. Prior to his tenure with Travel Weekly, Andrew covered military personnel issues for Army, Navy and Air Force Times as a reporter for its Times News Service, and he also covered Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard issues for Air Force Times. Andrew has flown on a 28-hour B-52 bomber training mission, completed Arctic survival training, and reported on-site in Bosnia weeks after the peace treaty was signed. He graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in College Park with a bachelor's degree in government and politics, and he has received journalism awards for investigative reporting, health reporting, column writing and public service.
Jens Flottau
jens@flottau.com
49-6172-6719817
Jens is the European Bureau Chief in Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, he started writing on air transport in 1992 as a contributor to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany's largest daily newspaper. He has since published stories in various daily newspapers, magazines and trade publications. He frequently appears on radio and TV shows commenting on industry matters and is one a host of the ITB Aviation Day, an industry conference held annually in Berlin. In 2003, he received the Hugo Junkers award of the German aviation press for his coverage of the Fairchild Dornier insolvency. In 2007 and 2008, he was ranked third and second among the country's top travel/air transport writers by the Travel Industry Club. Jens studied Middle Eastern studies and has a degree in journalism by the Munich School of Journalism.
Rupa Haria
rupa_haria@aviationweek.com
+44 (0)20 7176 2525
Based in London, Rupa Haria is AVIATION WEEK's community manager for civil aviation. In addition to her focus on social media, Rupa serves as online editor for the commercial, MRO and business aviation channels. Rupa has worked in the travel industry for 13 years, most recently at London City Airport where she managed communications and spearheaded the airport's digital media strategy. Follow Rupa on Twitter @AvWeekRupa.
Michael Mecham
mecham@aviationweek.com
925-934-6813
Mike is the Northern California Bureau Chief. Mike joined AVIATION WEEK in March 1987 as a Congressional Editor in the Washington, D.C. He went on to become Bonn Bureau Chief in 1990 and the Asia Bureau Chief based in Hong Kong in 1993. After return to the U.S. in 1997 he continued to head the Asian coverage for another decade. Besides continuing to contribute to the Asian coverage, Mike writes about commercial aircraft and engine production. He regularly covers the work of California-based satellite manufacturers and space research institutions. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, Mike was a congressional correspondent and space/science writer for the Gannett News Service. He received his B.A. in political science from Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna College) and an M.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.
James Ott
jott@aviationweek.com
859-341-8484
James is a seasoned aviation journalist with more than three decades of service with AVIATION WEEK. A specialist in air transport, he has reported on the airline industry around the world and the governments that regulate it. In 2002 he was recognized by the Royal Aeronautical Society and named Aerospace Journalist of the Year and winner of the Bombardier Air Transport Prize. In 2007 he won the RAeS prize in the aerospace propulsion category for an article on synthetic fuel. James is the co-author with analyst Raymond E. Neidl of Airline Odyssey, The Airline Industry's Turbulent Flight Into The Future, published by McGraw-Hill in 1995, used as a textbook in several post-graduate programs. He also wrote Jets, Airliners of the Golden Age, and Airlife Shrewsbury, England, 1993. James taught news writing and the history of journalism on the college level. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK in 1978 he served as director of public relations for The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He earned B.A. degree in English Literature from Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Ky., and a master's degree in communications arts from Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Bradley Perrett
perrett@aviationweek.com
86-186-0002-4422
Brad is the Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief, leading our coverage of the region's evolving airline and aerospace businesses and their operations Before joining Aviation Week, Brad reported for Reuters. He is stationed in Beijing.
Adrian Schofield
adrian_schofiled@aviationweek.com
202-383-2370
Adrian is a Senior Air Transport Editor covering commercial aviation industry issues. He was the only journalist invited to accompany U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters during her official trip to Beijing. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill in 2002, he was editor World Airline News (PBI Media), and Inside FAA (Inside Washington Publishers). Before he focused on aviation news, he worked for two Texas daily newspapers, the Dallas Morning News and the Beaumont Enterprise, and covered major state policy issues in Texas legislature. Originally from New Zealand, he immigrated to the United States in 1998. He began his career as a reporter at the Opotiki News, then went on to be the sports editor for the Rodney Times, and graduated from Auckland University with Bachelor of Arts in 1992. Adrian's freelance work appears regularly in several of New Zealand's major daily newspapers.
Darren Shannon
darren_shannon@aviationweek.com
202-383-2019
Darren is a Senior Editor for the commercial aviation industry with insider knowledge of the aviation industry and 15 years of international journalism experience. Darren is a former managing editor for the Americas at Flight International and a U.S. editor for online newswire Air Transport Intelligence. During his career as a journalist he has also held senior editing and writing positions at Travel Agent Magazine, World Airline News, Middle East Economic Digest, Fish Farming International and Retail Week. In addition, he worked as a manager of media relations for Northwest Airlines.
Lee Ann Tegtmeier
leeann_tegtmeier@aviationweek.com
202-383-2422
Lee Ann is the Editor-in-Chief of Overhaul & Maintenance, has covered aviation maintenance for several years and has been an aviation journalist since 1991. She serves on AVIATION WEEK's MRO Conference editorial boards. In 2002, Lee Ann won the Royal Aeronautical Society's Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award in the maintenance category and has been a finalist in other years. She holds a BA in English and political science from Luther College and an MA in nonfiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Madhu Unnikrishnan
madhu_unnikrishnan@aviationweek.com
202-383-2422
Madhu is an editor for AVIATION WEEK focused on commercial aviation. Before coming to AVIATION WEEK in 2004, he worked for a consulting firm and a Web start up. He graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1994 with BA in History and Japanese, and completed his Master's of Science with honors from the London School of Economics in 1998.
Alfhild Winder
alfild_winder@aviationweek.com
202-383-2374
Alfild is a Managing Editor for AVIATION WEEK with expertise developed from more than 30 years in the commercial aviation industry. Before she focused on aviation, she was an instructor in French and German languages at Northeastern University in Chicago. Alfild graduated with B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan.
Business Aviation Editors
Dick Aarons is Safety Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation and has served in all editorial positions at Business & Commercial Aviation including Editor-In-Chief. He holds a Commercial pilot license with type ratings in the Citation Series and the Falcon 900. He has done graduate studies in aviation/aerospace safety systems and accident investigation at Embry-Riddle and is a graduate of the FAA's accident investigation school. His safety articles and "Cause and Circumstance" column have earned many awards including two distinguished service awards from the Flight Safety Foundation and as Aerospace Journalist of the Decade. He is a member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators and the International Association of Arson Investigators.
David Esler is a contributing editor for Business & Commercial Aviation. David is a former U.S. Army officer and a Commercial pilot with Instrument and Multi-Engine Ratings. He has traveled throughout the world reporting on business and general aviation and has been accorded numerous acknowledgements for his work, including five Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards, two NBAA Gold Wing awards, and two Aviation/Space Writers Association Awards of Excellence. His beats have covered the gamut in domestic and international operations, including safety, technology, charter and fractional ownership, engines and maintenance, regulatory and air traffic control issues, and since 2001, aviation security.
Mike Gamauf is a contributing editor for Business & Commercial Aviation. Mike has an A.S in Aviation Maintenance Technology, a B.S. in Professional Aeronautics, and is currently completing a Masters of Aeronautical Science Degree in Aviation Safety. He is a licensed A&P Mechanic, IA, and Helicopter Pilot. He began his aviation career as an Army UH-1 crew chief and now includes over two decades of experience troubleshooting and repairing large and medium civil helicopters. Mike writes the Director of Maintenance Notebook, and is currently working with a major airframe manufacturer developing a civil Fly-by-Wire Helicopter.
Fred George
fgeorge@san.rr.com
619-275-0222
Fred is a senior editor with Business & Commercial Aviation. Fred is AVIATION WEEK's aircraft evaluation specialist, having flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past two decades. He's now flown more than 150 individual aircraft models ranging fromthe Piper J-3 Cub up through Boeing and Airbus single-aisle jetliners, having logged more than 5,700 hours of flight time. He's earned an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and four jet aircraft type ratings, and he remains an active pilot. Fred also specializes in avionics, aircraft systems and pilot technique reports. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, he was an FAA designated pilot examiner [CE-500], instrument flight instructor and jet charter pilot. He also is former US Naval Aviator who made three cruises to the western Pacific while flying the McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Fred has won numerous aviation journalism awards and serves as a Director of the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Jessica Salerno
jessica_salerno@aviationweek.com
203-826-7134
Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, AVIATION WEEK's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings. Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
Robert A. Searles
avweekcustom@sbcglobal.net
203-853-9782
Robert A. Searles is a contributing editor for Business & Commercial Aviation and has been affiliated with the magazine since 1981. He specializes in stories on aviation history and previously owned aircraft. His work has earned him honors as an Aerospace Journalist of the Year. From 1986 to 1992 he also served as editor in chief of AVIATION WEEK's Show News, a daily publication produced at major air shows worldwide. Since 1995, he has been managing editor of Aviation Week Custom Media, which produces a variety of special editorial projects.
Jim Swickard is Intelligence Editor for Business & Commercial Aviation. Jim spent many years in corporate communications at Rockwell Collins and FlightSafety International prior to founding a corporate communications agency serving aviation, high technology and financial service clients. He is a retired Air National Guard pilot, having flown the O-2A, F-100D and A-7D. He is a 4,400-hour Commercial pilot with Single- and Multi-engine, Instrument and Glider ratings.
Pat Veillette is a contributing editor for Business & Commercial Aviation. In his professional piloting career, Pat Veillette has flown for the military, as well as for EMS, aerial fire fighting, air taxi, freight, scheduled airline, flight test and major fractional operators. He has over 13,500 flight hours in more than 100 makes and models of aircraft, ranging from balloons and rotorcraft to seaplanes and business jets. A 1983 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering, he also has advanced graduate degrees in mechanical and civil engineering. His engineering work specializes in flight-test, accident investigation and human factors, and has received numerous awards from the National Research Council, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Royal Aeronautical Society.
Defense, Space and Security Editors
Amy Butler
abutler@aviationweek.com
202-383-2312
Amy is the senior Pentagon editor and has flown on a variety of military aircraft since joining the staff, including a 9-hr. HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue mission after Hurricane Katrina, and MV-22 Osprey and F/A-18F Super Hornet. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, she was the Pentagon bureau chief for Defense Daily covering multiple services programs, the defense budget and Defense Department dealings with Congress. She worked as the managing editor of Inside the Air Force covering Air Force procurement and policy issues. Prior to her work at ITAF, she was the The Daily Sun's military reporter in Warner Robins, Ga., where she participated in a two-week media trip to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, and she reported on Air Force activities supporting the no-fly zone over Iraq. Amy studied English literature and history at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and took a term at Oxford University, England.
Michael is a defense reporter specializing in Defense Department contract analysis and investigative reporting. Prior to working for AVIATION WEEK, he reported on military matters for Defense News and mainstream newspapers from Newport News, Va., to Savannah, GA. Before focusing on defense issues, he lived in Brazil, and worked for a variety of publications including The Economist and O. Estado de S. Paulo. He has won national, state and regional journalism awards and is a frequent panel speaker for Investigative Reporters & Editors on military investigations.
Leithen Francis
leithen_francis@aviationweek.com
+65 6530 6532
Leithen is AVIATION WEEK's Singapore bureau chief and covers the Asian region for AVIATION WEEK. Leithen has reported extensively on Asia's aircraft manufacturing industry, particularly in China, Indonesia and Japan. He was at the roll-out of China's ARJ21 regional jet and has also covered China's C919, MA60 and Y12 aircraft programs as well as Japan's MRJ regional jet program. Leithen reports on Asia's burgeoning airline industry and has interviewed many of the region's airline CEOs. As for defense reporting, Leithen covers defense competitions in Asia and the region's indigenous military aircraft programs. Leithen is from Melbourne, Australia and has a BA in Journalism from RMIT University. He was deputy Asia editor for Flight International, where he worked for 7˝ years before joining AVIATION WEEK in August 2010.
Dave A. Fulghum
davef@aviationweek.com
202-383-2308
Dave is senior military editor specializing in operations, intelligence, unmanned aircraft and electronics. Dave is the only journalist to have flown several key intelligence-gathering aircraft including Rivet Joint, Cobra Ball, Compass Call, Senior Scout, F-4G Wild Weasel and EP-3E. He was involved in military operations in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Qatar, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq and the North Arabian Sea. Dave has been cited eight times by the Royal Aeronautical Society and three times by the Aviation Writers Association for editorial excellence and is the author of three books on the Vietnam War. He has an undergraduate degree in journalism and continued graduate work in military history at Texas A&M University and diplomatic history at Georgetown University.
Paul McLeary
paul_mcleary@aviationweek.com
202-383-2363
Paul is a senior editor covering technology and global defense issues. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, he served as a staff writer for the Columbia Journalism Review, for which he reported from Iraq, as well as from New Orleans. He has written about the media, politics and military and international affairs for Foreign Policy magazine, Los Angeles Times, Center for American Progress, The Forward, Mother Jones, the New York Sun, Salon, the Guardian UK, New York Observer, the Weekly Standard, CBS.com, and the Christian Science Monitor. He has been quoted and his work discussed by the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York Times, Der Spiegel, USA Today and the AP, and has appeared on NPR's Day to Day.
Sean Meade
sean_meade@aviationweek.com
803-727-0309
Sean Meade is the Community Manager for Defense at AVIATION WEEK, including responsibilities as Web Editor for all Defense content and overseeing the popular Ares weblog. Sean has been active in the world of weblogs for over 8 years, most recently as a webmaster and designer for various defense-related sites. Sean is especially interested in the role of the military in helping the poorest countries in the world to rise out of poverty. He has a BA in Philosophy from Wartburg College and an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Charlotte.
Frank Morring, Jr
morring@aviationweek.com
202-383-2306
Frank is a Senior Editor and has been a journalist for 35 years, specializing in aerospace for the over 20 years. Frank joined AVIATION WEEK in 1989 as a defense/space reporter and senior space technology editor. In 2007 he was named deputy managing editor/space, responsible for coordinating space coverage across all bureaus and publications. Frank began his career working for his hometown daily in Huntsville, Alabama, and moved to Washington in 1979 as correspondent for the Birmingham Post-Herald. He later covered the Cold War Pentagon for Scripps-Howard News Service. Frank received a degree in comparative literature from Dartmouth College.
Jefferson Morris
jeff_morris@aviationweek.com
202-383-2360
Jeff is an Editor for AVIATION WEEK and has been involved in aerospace journalism for over ten years. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace Magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
Andy Nativi
Andy.nativi@rid.it
Andy is an Italian correspondent for AVIATION WEEK. Andy is also Editor in Chief of the Italian monthly magazine RID, military contributing editor of the daily Il Giornale and performs work as a defense expert for national and international television and radio. Previously he was the Italian correspondent for Flight International and began his career writing for the Italian Air Force magazine. He has been an air power lecturer at the Italian Air Force war college, carried out research activities on behalf of the Italian MoD Military Center for Strategic Studies, written several books on defense issues, and contributed to military sections in several encyclopedias. During his career Andy was embedded in the Balkans, and Afghanistan, and "attached" to Army, Air Force and Naval forces to get first-hand information on doctrinal, operational and technical issues. He has "hands-on" experience with weapons systems/platforms, ranging from handguns to fighter aircraft and helicopters to submarines.
Bill Sweetman
sweetman@aviationweek.com
202-383-2341
Bill is Editor in Chief for Defense Technology and an aerospace journalist for 35 years. Prior to joining AVIATION WEEK, he contributed to most of the industry's leading trade publications and has published more than 30 books. He is frequently cited as an authority on technical issues - stealth technology in particular - by US and international media. One of Bill's books was the subject of a high-priority translation effort by the Soviet GRU technical intelligence service, and his work is heavily cited in a declassified CIA report on media coverage of stealth. Bill was a consultant to an Emmy-winning PBS documentary on the Joint Strike Fighter competition, and was invited to participate in AIAA's Distinguished Lecturer Program. He received Aerospace Journalist of the Year awards from the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Patrick Toensmeier
pat_toensmeier@aviationweek.com
203-777-1474
Pat is a contributing editor for AVIATION WEEK. He has been writing about manufacturing, materials, technology and design in various fields for more than 25 years, notably plastics. A former editor-in-chief and vice president of Modern Plastics magazine, Pat covered the global plastics business, and continues to write for several industry publications. He writes periodically for other business magazines, and does consulting work. Pat received a BA degree in English Literature from the University of Missouri.
