Get to Know Jetway

Jetway Communications is a PR and marketing agency for aviation with storytelling at its heart.

Jetway: the bridge between your business and the people you need to reach

Our team of current and former industry journalists, marketers and storytellers knows how to find a compelling narrative—and make complex information easy to understand. In short, we know how to make your news stand out.

Together, we bring more than 70 years of journalism and PR experience in the travel sector, supported by long-standing relationships with clients, journalists and event organisers worldwide.

We stay close to the conversations and trends shaping the industry. Your company is part of a bigger story, and we help you find your place in it—and own it.

We are the “Jetway”: the bridge between your business and the people you need to reach, whether they are employees, customers, partners or investors.

Words matter because they are an integral part of the marketing and sales engine that drives new business. Whatever the task, we keep your commercial objectives firmly in focus.

Whether you’re a start-up building your presence or an established company ready to go further, we can help.

Book a call with our team to explore how we could work together.

I look forward to meeting you.

Maryann Simson
Founder and Lead Strategist

Why Choose Us?

Creativity

We're not a corporate outfit, so we're not confined by legacy processes and procedures. As writers, editors, marketers and creatives, thinking outside the box comes naturally to us.

Experience

Jetway's core team has more than 70 years of combined experience in journalism, aviation, marketing and PR. That's a lot of know-how.

Flexibility

We're based across the UK, Europe and North America, so working across different time zones is in our DNA. We happily tackle projects large and small.

Passion

We're proper globetrotters and we love things with wings. That love gets channeled into every project we take on.

Network

We've been at this for a long time, so we have an extensive network of contacts in both aviation and creative services. We draw on this network for insight and to complete assignments of any scope.

About Our Founder

Maryann Simson founded Jetway Communications in 2016 as a veteran aviation media professional with experience in both print and broadcast journalism, content development, production, marketing and PR.

Throughout more than 15 years in the sector, she has helmed or contributed to many of the industry’s top media outlets while also becoming an accomplished video presenter and event host, having moderated countless live and virtual panel sessions at conferences around the world.

Maryann’s deep aviation expertise and direct approach has won her the trust and respect of senior leadership personnel at airlines, with suppliers and in the media landscape.

Maryann Simson has over 15 years’ experience in the travel media sector, working with a number of the industry’s most recognised outlets.

Meet The Team

Maryann Simson

Maryann Simson

Director

Maryann Simson is an award-winning aviation media professional and founder of Jetway Communications, bringing 15+ years’ experience across journalism, content, PR, events and broadcasting.

Katie Geraghty

Director, Client Services

Katie Geraghty joined Jetway Communications in 2024, bringing more than 20 years of experience in association leadership, strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and business development, including more than a decade working at the heart of the global aviation industry.

Ari Magnusson,

Editorial Director

Ari Magnusson has been with Jetway since May 2022 and is a writer and editor with more than a decade of experience in aviation and travel media, working across the agency’s passenger experience, IFEC and aircraft interiors accounts.

Our Work

Read some of our case studies below to find out how we make our clients shine

Three Awards in One Day:
How we helped AirFi bag some serious industry accolades at Aircraft Interior's Expo.
Finding Their Voice:
How we unraveled some mixed messaging for a major
content services provider.
New Kids On The Block:
How we helped a new payment technology company launch a new website and new offering to the aviation market.
OneWeb’s Global Passenger Survey:
How we unraveled some mixed messaging for a major content services provider.