Kerry Lynch
Editor, AIN monthly magazine
Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the Aviation International News monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with AIN for eight years. She joined AIN in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the Show News staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for Business & Commercial Aviation and Overhaul & Maintenance monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.
Latest from Kerry Lynch
Regulations and Government
FAA Exemption Clears Way for Human External Cargo Ops
FAA asked primarily MD 500/Hughes 369 operators to cease HEC ops after determining that the cargo hooks used were not certified for such operations.
Regulations and Government
NBAA: SEC Fine Highlights Bizav Perk Disclosures Regs
SEC assessed a $1.75 million fine against Dow Chemical for failure to properly disclose perquisites, include CEO personal use of aircraft.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Rockwell Collins To Offer Iridium Certus Connectivity
Flight trials are anticipated later this year with introduction of the Certus services in 2019.
Embraer's Bizjet Deliveries Dampen
The decline in the second quarter follows a similar drop in first quarter and overall slide in 2017.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Preps for G500 Deliveries with FAA TC in Hand
Deliveries are anticipated later this year, the culmination of a development program that spanned tens of thousands of lab hours and 5,000 flight hours.
Regulations and Government
Senate Readying To Move on FAA Bill
Leadership is discussing a tight window for debate in late July or early August.
NBAA Sets 2019 Regional Forum Schedule
NBAA will hold 2019 forums in Palm Beach, Houston and White Plains in the first half of next year.
Rotorcraft
Bell Commercial Deliveries Surge in Second Quarter
The unit deliver 57 commercial helicopters in the second quarter, and demand flourished across the commercial portfolio, Textron chief Donnelly said.
Aircraft
BBJ Max Order Book Grows to 20 with Seacons Trading
The BBJ Max 7 will join a BBJ NG and Gulfstream G550 in the Seacons Trading fleet.
Aircraft
Textron Bizav Deliveries Jump 20 Percent in Q2
Order flow has been solid across both jet and turboprop lines.
Aircraft
Tackling New FAA Process, Textron Eyes 3Q Longitude Nod
FAA's new certification process has doubled the number of ground and flight test conditions, requiring thousands of new documents, Donnelly says.
Maintenance and Modifications
HK Bellawings Gets Hong Kong Mx Nod
The approval comes as the Hong Kong operator has plans to increase its fleet with new Bombardier Globals.
M&A Heats Up As Civil, Defense Sectors Strengthen
MRO is an area that is gaining interest among would be suitors.
Esterline Grows Bizav Portfolio with Latest Contracts
Esterline is providing components for Rolls-Royce's new Pearl 15 engine and the throttle quadrant assembly for Textron Aviation's Cessna Denali.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tamarack Completes First Customer LoPresti Upgrade
The LoPresti landing and taxi light kits are optional upgrades that come with Atlas installations on CitationJets at Tamarack’s Sandpoint, Idaho facility.
Rotorcraft
Tamarack, Kaman Team on Military Winglet Possibilities
The collaboration will enable Tamarack to leverage Kaman’s expertise on the defense side.
CPP Expands Casting Reach with Selmet Acquisition
The pairing will combine CPP’s line of highly engineering components with Selmet’s complex, titanium castings, and machined components.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
Amstat Report Shows Strengthening of Bizjet Values
Heavy and light jet valuess were up significantly from June 2017 while medium and super midsize aircraft remained steady.
GE Aviation Runs Second Catalyst
While the Catalyst program gears up for certification testing, GE is testing a new aerobatic variant of the H75 on the Diamond Dart trainer.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins Tackling Internet of Things
The IMS unit has extened its reach further into biometrics, self-serve stations, dataflow, new pipelines and a nuclear approach to cybersecurity.
Regulations and Government
GAMA: UK Brexit Paper A Step Forward, But Work Remains
GAMA supported the UK's proposed continued involvement in EASA, but said little time remains to work out details in areas such as oversight.
Airports
Courts Side With City Once More in Battle Over SMO Fate
While a California district court rejected an appeal to save SMO long-term, jet traffic at the airport has shrunk by 80 percent.
Regulations and Government
Trump Leaves Out Privatization in ATC Modernization Vow
The administration, however, has indicated plans to continue ATC overhaul push.
Aircraft
G600 Travels to Farnborough
Gulfstream underscored the importance of the European market to its fleet, with 225 Gulfstreams based in the region.
Charter & Fractional
VistaJet Hours, Revenues, Membership Soar in First Half
Propelling flight growth was a 32 percent year-over-year increase in the number of members, along with a 33 percent growth in renewal hours.
Security
DOT IG Raises Flag on DataComm Security Plan Delays
The OIG found that FAA is identifying but not yet mitigating weaknesses in DataComm security.
Regulations and Government
SCOTUS Battle Fuels Fears of Further FAA Bill Delays
Washington lobbyists have been concerned about an apparent lack of momentum with the bill.
Analysts: Upside for Exec Jets Unit under Embraer/Boeing JV
Analysts see joint venture for Embraer Executive Jets less likely, but suggest possibility of further Boeing cooperation, increased product development.
ATC
NBAA Hails FAA Collaboration on EGE Procedure
New procedure will not require prior authorization or training, nor will it require A-RNP capability.
Charter & Fractional
NATA Sees More Enforcement on Illegal Charter Ahead
NATA said the latest FAA proposed enforcement action brings to light ramifications of illegal charter activity.
