Skift has hired Unnikrishnan as editor of Airline Weekly

Madhu Unnikrishnan

Madhu Unnikrishnan has been hired by Skift as the new editor of Airline Weekly.

Skift acquired Airline Weekly, including its subscription-based newsletter, for an undisclosed amount in September. Airline Weekly launched in 2004.

For the past year, Unnikrishnan has worked in corporate communication for United Airlines.

He previously was managing editor and editor in chief of Aviation Daily and business editor and senior editor of Aviation Week from December 2008 to March 2013. He also worked in media relations for Virgin Airlines.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.