Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that its Editor-in-Chief, Anthony L. Velocci, Jr., will retire following a distinguished 23-year career with Aviation Week, nine of them as Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology (AW&ST). A search for his successor has begun. Velocci will remain in his position until the end of the year and will assist during the transition period.
Velocci led Aviation Week through times of enormous change for both the aerospace and media industries. These have included the US aerospace industry's massive consolidation in the 1990s, the growth of technology and innovation, the transition to digital media and integrated editorial teams, 9/11, global economic recessions and this year's re-launch of Aviation Week & Space Technology. He originated such innovative AW&ST features as the Top-Performing Companies and Top-Performing Airlines competitive studies and the annual Person of the Year profile.
Velocci joined Aviation Week in 1989 as Editor-in-Chief/Defense World and soon thereafter was promoted to Editorial Director/Strategic Media. In 2000 he was promoted again to Northeast Bureau Chief and Senior Business Editor. In 2003, he was named Editor-in-Chief where he led the top aerospace media brand through multiple transitions and a magazine re-launch.
