The Aviation Week Network is a New York–based B2B publishing and event production company owned by Informa. The company was owned and published by

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until it was purchased by

Penton Media Penton was an information services and marketing company. The company's three largest revenue streams came from events, digital and marketing services. Although Penton had a long history (see below) as a trade publisher, in 2015 it reported that ...

in 2013. It was then bought by

Informa Informa plc is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has offices in 30 countries and around 12,000 ...

in 2016 The Aviation Week Network is best known for its flagship magazine, ''

Aviation Week & Space Technology ''Aviation Week & Space Technology'', often abbreviated ''Aviation Week'' or ''AW&ST'', is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network, a division of Informa. The weekly magazine is available in print and online, reporting on the aeros ...

''.

Publications

The Aviation Week Network publishes three sector specific print magazines: ''Aviation Week & Space Technology'', ''Business & Commercial Aviation'' and ''

Air Transport World ''Air Transport World'' (''ATW'') is an online and print trade publication covering the global air transportation industry. It is owned by Informa and is a sister publication to '' Aviation Week'', the ''Aviation Daily'' and ''MRO Digest'', whi ...

''. It distributes ShowNews via an app at major international air shows. It also publishes a number of email market briefings targeted at the aerospace, defense, space, airline, business aviation and advanced air mobility sectors including ''Aviation Daily'', ''Aerospace Daily & Defense Report'', ''Advanced Air Mobility Report'', SpeedNews and ''The Weekly of Business Aviation''.

Conference and events

Aviation Week Network's conference and exhibitions have predominantly specialized in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry for the past two decades. The group currently produces six MRO events around the world, with its flagship North American conference attracting some 10,000 attendees. Since its acquisition by

, the group took over manufacturing and supply chain conferences, which are run under the SpeedNews banner. Aviation Week Network runs two major awards ceremonies: Aviation Week's Laureate Awards and the Air Transport World Industry Achievement Awards. The Laureates focus on achievements in aerospace and defense technology and innovation, and have been dubbed the 'Oscars' of the aerospace industry. ATW's industry awards focus on airline achievements.

Business aviation

Since its acquisition by Penton Media, the Aviation Week Network absorbed a number of business aviation products and services under its umbrella. These include: Ac-U-Kwik, a flight planning app for pilots; Aircraft Bluebook, a valuation service for business aircraft sales; and Air Charter Guide which provides destination information to brokers and charter operators.

Website

The group's website primarily comprises editorial content that is curated from its various publications. The majority of content is behind a subscriber-only paywall, but it also includes a selection of free-to-read articles alongside blogs, videos and photo galleries, which are all free to access. The website has 2.2 million monthly page views.

Publication editors

* ''Aviation Week & Space Technology'': Joseph C. Anselmo, Editor-in-Chief * ''Air Transport World'': Karen Walker, Editor-in-Chief * ''Aerospace & Defense Daily'': Jefferson Morris, Editor-in-Chief * ''Aviation Daily'': Mark Nensel, Managing Editor * ''Advanced Air Mobility Report'': Ben Goldstein, Managing Editor * ''Business & Commercial Aviation'': Lee Ann Shay, Editor-in-Chief * ''The Weekly of Business Aviation'': Molly McMillin, Managing Editor * ShowNews: Thierry Dubois, Editor-in-Chief * SpeedNews: Steve Costley, Managing Editor

International partners

A number of publications in key markets outside the U.S. carry the Aviation Week Network logo on their masthead. These include Russia's Air Transport Observer; the Chinese language CANNews, International Aviation, Business & General Aviation and Aviation Maintenance & Engineering.

References

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