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
Maintenance and Modifications
Tamarack Secures FAA, EASA Nods for CJ3/3+ Winglets
Certification for installation on the CJ2 is anticipated to follow in April.
'Whitey' Varney Flies West
Varney had a 40-year corporate aviation career that included more than 18,000 accident-free flying hours.
U.S. Bizav Flights Top 3 Million for 1st Time in Decade
The Argus 2017 Business Aircraft Activity Review reports that business aviation flights in the U.S. and Canada increased 3.9 percent.
Safety
Business Aviation Safety Data Expert Bob Breiling Dies
His work led to credit for use of simulation time for pilot training, as well as served as a foundation for Part 91K regulations.
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero's Vector Acquisition Creates MRO Giant
The company is reshaping, shedding its Associated Air Center completions business, but expanding significantly worldwide with Vector.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
GA-ASI Expanding Trials of MQ-9B in Controlled Airspace
The company is hoping to bring a certifiable variant of the Predator family to market in the early 2020s.
Aircraft
Longitude Marking Asia-Pacific Debut at Singapore
The aircraft is among a range of jets that underscore the company's push into new markets.
Maintenance and Modifications
Ontic Gets U.S. Nod for Singapore MRO
The facility is also a storefront for Ontic's rapidly expanding portfolio of components for legacy aircraft.
Innova Aerospace Quietly Shuts Its Doors
The Texas-based company which owned Sierra Industries, Sabreliner Aviation and Composite Helicopters appears to be defunct.
Rotorcraft
GlobalParts.aero Makes Move into Rotary-wing Market
The company is adding part numbers that will support its mixed-fleet customer base.
Charter & Fractional
Keith Plumb To Leave Executive AirShare
Co-founding the company in 2000, Plumb helped build it into an operation that has more than 50 aircraft, nearly 200 employees, and five bases.
IBAC Releases 2018 IS-BAO/IS-BAH Workshop Schedule
IBAC is planning 28 two-day workshops throughout the U.S., along with a half-dozen locations outside the U.S.
Aircraft
Fifth Global 7000 Joins Flight-test Program
FTV 5, which flew a little more than a year after the initial Global 7000 FTV took to the skies, will complete the type certification campaign.
Rotorcraft
Bell Helicopter Begins Euro Deliveries of Jet Ranger X
The initial 505 Jet Ranger Xs in Europe will be put into corporate operations.
Regulations and Government
AsBAA: China Must Ease Fees To Open Door to Light Jets
AsBAA set infrastructure charges and transparent regulation as top priorities for 2018.
Regulations and Government
EASA's Basic Regulation Update Takes Step Forward
GAMA praised the approval by the European Parliament Committee, saying the new framework will move EASA to becoming a more risk-based agency.
ATH Group: Airlines Cause Delays, Not Controllers
Airlines need to partner with controllers to improve sequencing of aircraft, ATH Group's Michael Baiada writes in an ATCA journal.
Moss Becomes Latest Bizav Veteran To Join Aerion
Moss Joins the board of Aerion a little more than a month after the announcement that the company was exploring a partnership with Lockheed.
HNA General Aviation To Scale Up Investment in GA
The company is investing in airports, training, and air tours as part of a national effort in China to foster economic development in poor regions.
Huerta Becomes Macquarie Advisor
The appointment comes just a few weeks after Huerta's five-year term as FAA administrator ended.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Caps Strong Q4 with Near Record G650 Orders
Gulfstream G650/G650ER orders surged 78 percent in the fourth quarter.
Living Legends Honors GE Aviation, ForeFlight Execs
GE Aviation CEO and president David Joyce was selected as the recipient of the Lifetime of Aviation Industry Award.
Diamond's Maurer Retires
The management changes follow the acquisition of the a controlling stake of the Canadian operation by Wanfeng Aviation.
MHIA's Dream & Soar Moves To Inspire in West Virginia
The latest Dream & Soar event was presented to 1,400 students and faculty, among the 18,000 who have participated over the past nine years.
Security
TSA's Pekoske Stresses Need To Work with Industry
The agency's role is to establish the desired security outcome and then work with industry on how to achieve it, Pekoske said.
Regulations and Government
Govt Shutdown Spotlights FAA Registry Vulnerability
Nearly 18,000 FAA workers are furloughed and a number of activities ceased under the shutdown, including NextGen efforts.
Security
A Decade Later, TSA Officially Drops LASP
The program had created such an outpouring of opposition that Congress got involved.
Aircraft
Textron Aviation Rapidly Expanding Turboprop Lines
Order activity has picked up for King Airs and Caravans, while Textron Aviation adds the SkyCourier and Denali to the lineup.
ATC
Is New FAA Leader a Friend or Foe to Bizav?
In 2007, Elwell testified before Congress about how airline passengers are “subsidizing the corporate CEO flying in the company jet."
Regulations and Government
FAA Faces Furloughs in Event of Government Shutdown
The FAA had not yet released a list of what it would shut down should lawmakers fail to adopt a CR, but 15,000 employees were furloughed in last shutdown.
