Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;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&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;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.

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On Feb. 25, 2026, NBAA will return to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (KOPF) to host its Southeast Regional Forum. The association last held the forum at that location in 2024, attracting more than 3,700 attendees from 24 countries and 44 U.S. states, alongside 193 exhibitors and 25 aircraft on display.
NBAA hosted its Southeast forum this year in Orlando, Florida, drawing thousands of attendees—including 400 students—and business aircraft from Bombardier, Cirrus Aircraft, Dassault Aviation, Daher Aircraft, Gulfstream Aerospace, Honda Aircraft Company, Leonardo Helicopters, and Textron Aviation, among others.
For the 2026 Miami forum, NBAA plans to release exhibitor information this October and open badge registration in November.
Meanwhile, the second such event in 2026, the Northeast Regional Forum, will be held June 3 and remains in White Plains, New York, at Westchester County Airport (KHPN), where it is held annually. This year’s White Plains event drew record attendance, a sold-out exhibit floor, and 20 aircraft on display. It also featured a flying advanced air mobility aircraft for the first time.
Exhibitor information for the White Plains event will also be released in October, with badge registration available by April 2026.
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