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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Pratt &amp; Whitney has rolled out a Hot Section Plus (HS+) upgrade option for the PW1000G-JM aboard the Airbus A320neo family, offering the potential to nearly double the engine’s time on wing. HS+ incorporates technology derived from the GTF Advantage engine, offering 90% to 95% of its durability benefits.
“HS+ brings the durability improvements of the GTF Advantage hot section to today’s GTF engine,” said Nick Tomassetti, v-p of sales and marketing at Pratt &amp; Whitney.
The upgrade involves only 35 part numbers and can be installed during maintenance visits beginning in 2026. GTF engines with HS+ will be interchangeable with both GTF and GTF Advantage models, which Pratt &amp; Whitney noted would simplify operations of a combined fleet.
Certified on the Airbus A320neo series in February, and with first production deliveries anticipated later this year, the GTF Advantage brings an advanced airfoil design with improved coatings in the high-pressure turbine (HPT). The HPT and combustor also have optimized cooling hole size, shape, and location with improved hole drilling techniques to reduce oxidation.

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