Malcolm Ginsberg (born October 1942) is one of the longest-established specialist air and business travel journalists in the UK. In a lengthy and active career, he has been a successful public relations practitioner, publisher, and writer. In the late 1960s, Malcolm reported on motor racing for Autosport, the motorsport weekly. He caught the eye of Colin Chapman and was invited by Lotus Cars (then World Motor Racing Champions) to become press officer and later publicity manager, helping to sell the Elan, Elan +2, Europa, and Lotus 7 (now Caterham 7). In 1973, he founded Malcolm Ginsberg & Associates (MGA), public relations consultants, with Moonraker Boats (owned by Colin Chapman), Clan Cars (essentially a Lotus spin-off), Piper Aircraft, and CSE (The Oxford Air Training School) as his first clients CSE introduced Embraer to the UK and was instrumental in winning the RAF order for the Tucano trainer.  MGA acted long-term for American Airlines, All Nippon Airways, British World Airlines, HeavyLift Cargo Airlines and Brymon Airways, as well as several airports and aviation-associated companies. Malcolm also acted for Ryanair in its early days. Roy Watts, the former CEO of British Airways, retained MGA when he became chairman of Thames Water Plc.

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For 20 years, Malcolm Ginsberg and Associates also published aviation directories such as the Flight International Directory of British Aviation and the Directory of European Aviation series, which were considered the bibles of information about the industry, before the arrival of the internet.  He also published the Farnborough Airshow Trade Catalogue, the ABTN Travel Industry Directory, the Aerospace International World Airline Directory, various Business Travel World directories, part works for TTG and Travel Weekly, and APRO (Airline Public Relations Organisation) Directory.  In 1993, Malcolm purchased Air & Business Travel News (ABTN), a tabloid-sized bi-weekly travel trade publication, turning it into a fax bulletin in 1997 and, by the beginning of the century, an electronic international digital weekly newsletter. It has developed since that time and in 2012 became Business Travel News (BTN). This was sold in 2020. Travel News Update (TNU) was then created as a monthly travel review with the final edition in October 2025.

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During his years as a travel writer, Malcolm travelled extensively, all the usual places -  European cities (also Archangel, St Petersburg and Moscow), plus China (Terracotta Army, Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. And the South Atlantic, including St Helena and The Falklands.  South America has involved Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia on the way to the Galapagos.  Safari in Kenya, the Pyramids.  Mexico only via the Panama Canal.  The usual North American cities and Concorde to New York (Plus Glasgow and Newquay),  and Scapa Flow via Hebridean Princess.  Masada in Israel.

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He is considered the authority on London City Airport, having first visited the site, a derelict former dock pier, in February 1982, calling Brymon Airways owner Bill Bryce back and saying it was “interesting.” In 2017,  Malcolm published "London City Airport – 30 Years Serving the Capital."

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For nearly 30 years Malcolm was an on/off committee member of the Aviation Club of Great Britain (only two consecutive terms are allowed). He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists and the International Travel Writers Alliance.

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Today, Malcolm still acts as an aviation historian/consultant and journalist, writing for various national newspapers, weeklies, and magazines on travel, motoring, and cruising, and appearing from time to time on TV and radio.  He is a long-time season ticket holder at Luton Town Football Club.  He and his wife, Linda, have been married for over 50 years.  They have three children and five grandchildren.

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