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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Priester Aviation has secured U.S. government approval for flights to Cuba. The Part 135 charter provider worked through the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, along with its local Flight Standard District Office in Chicago and FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C., to meet all the necessary requirements. The FAA added Cuba to Priester’s Ops Specs, paving the way for the charter and management company to operate to and from Cuba.

 


The approval comes after the U.S. government issued regulations earlier this year to ease certain processes involving the travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba. NBAA called the changes “historic in terms of future diplomatic relations between the two countries,” but warned the regulations are a limited first step in the longstanding economic sanctions. “Cuba is not open for U.S. business or U.S. investment, and U.S. citizens remain prohibited from traveling to Cuba as tourists.”&nbsp;

 


The changes, however, improve the time it takes to obtain approval for the 12 permitted travel categories. Permitted travel to Cuba includes official government business, humanitarian efforts and family visits, among others. Priester must obtain permits for each flight, operate only at certain airports there and can drop off and/or pick up passengers only in Cuba. Priester acknowledged that it hasn’t experienced a huge demand for such flights, but vice president of marketing Corey Ruffolo said, “We want to be in a position that allows our clients to be restriction free.” However, Ruffolo added that since announcing Cuba approval late last week, “We have noticed an increase in flight requests.”

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