It is currently led by Editor-in-Chief Jenny Hulse and Managing Editor Cameron King.

The intention to publish the journal was announced by the Law Institute in 1929.

[3] After the subject of air law became less popular, however, the Institute suffered from a lack of funding that caused it to wither, eventually leaving the journal as its principal activity.

[2][4][5][6] The creation of the journal resulted in Fagg receiving the Federal Aviation Administration's Distinguished Service Award in 1976.

[7] The journal holds an annual symposium in conjunction with SMU's Dedman School of Law.