Mary Kirby has covered the aviation industry for over 20 years. After cutting her teeth at a ‎weekly world airline newsletter, Mary joined Flightglobal in 1999 as a reporter for its real-time ‎news wire. She was promoted to Deputy Editor, Americas in 2003 and later to US Editor. In ‎‎2007, Mary was named Senior Editor at Flightglobal’s Flight International magazine, where she ‎led coverage of IFEC and interiors. She was also proprietor of the respected Runway Girl blog. ‎In November 2013, Mary launched Runway Girl Network, which delivers news and intelligence ‎about the airline passenger experience industry and highlights the accomplishments of women ‎in aviation. The award-winning site has helped to transform the traditional aviation B2B trade ‎news model to encompass a B2B2C model that considers passengers’ needs and wants.‎