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AIN Editor-in-chief Matt Thurber To Retire in October
Four-decade career in aviation journalism culminated in leading AIN’s editorial team
Matt Thurber, AIN Media Group
Matt Thurber, who has served as editor-in-chief of the AIN Media Group for more than nine years, is set to retire. © AIN/David McIntosh

Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief of AIN Media Group for the past nine years, is retiring at the end of October. His career as a widely respected aviation journalist spans four decades, including three spells with the AIN team. Previously, Thurber served as editor of Aviation Maintenance magazine and as an associate editor at Flying magazine.

At AIN, Thurber has been an exceptionally prolific journalist, contributing widely to all AIN Media Group publications. In addition to the day-to-day business aviation news beat, his work includes in-depth coverage of avionics, maintenance, training, safety, operations, rotorcraft, and myriad other topics.