Aviation International News (AIN)
Type of site
Aviation news and media
Available inEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian
HeadquartersMidland Park, New Jersey
Editor
  • Matt Thurber[1]
  • Jennifer Leach English
  • Jeff Burger
URLwww.ainonline.com
Users38,000+ (2018)
Launched1972 (1972)

Aviation International News (AIN Publications / The Convention News Company) is a periodical and newspaper publisher about aviation, published through its web site and in hard copy.[2]

History

The Convention News Company was founded by aviation editor James Holahan and publisher Wilson S. Leach in 1972 and published its first issues at that year's NBAA convention. Now branded as AIN Publications, it has branched into other aviation sectors and other products, and still publishes NBAA Convention News.[3]

In 2002, Aviation International News received an award for "excellent, accurate and insightful reporting of issues related to the business aviation industry" from the National Business Aviation Association at its 55th Annual Meeting & Convention.[4]

Publications

AIN Publications publishes the following media:[3]

Business Jet Traveler

Business Jet Traveler (ISSN: 1554-1339) is a magazine for business jet end-users: executives and other high-net-worth individuals. The magazine was published in print from 2003 through 2020. Beginning in 2021, it is exclusively online with the exception of an annual print buyers' guide. Its publishers want "to help maximize its readers' investment in private air transport." It reviews taxes, law, and finance; new and used jets; charter, jet cards and fractional-jet shares; travel and luxury autos.

It interviews prominent travelers, including Sir Richard Branson, Suze Orman, Wolfgang Puck, T. Boone Pickens, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Cuban, Donald Trump, Arnold Palmer, James Carville, Buzz Aldrin, William Shatner, Morgan Freeman, Herbie Hancock, and many other celebrities. Annual features include results of a Readers' Choice Poll.

BJTonline.com is Business Jet Traveler magazine companion website, including all of its print content plus online-only material, with a weekly newsletter, BJTwaypoints.

References

  1. "Q&A with Matt Thurber – AIN Publications". Jetcraft Aviation. June 13, 2018.
  2. "The Convention News Co Inc". Company profile. Bloomberg.
  3. 1 2 "About AIN publications". The Convention News Company.
  4. "Torch Lewis and Aviation International News Honored with NBAA's 2002 Journalism Awards" (Press release). National Business Aviation Association. 2002.
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