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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Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) members operated 147,000 flights to 1,259 airports and 146 countries last year, a recent survey revealed. The association recently commissioned WingX Advance to study the activities of its membership and found that 67 percent of the association’s 220 members are brokers or charter companies that operate 719 aircraft.

 


The survey provided a picture of the size and activities of the BACA membership. “The sheer quantity of flights conducted and revenue generated clearly illustrates the positive impact that BACA members contribute to the international economy,” said BACA chairman Tony Koe.

 


Large jets account for 240 of the aircraft in the fleet, and 34 percent of the fleet is used for passenger and cargo operations. The busiest aircraft in the fleet are the Citation Excel/XLS and Global Express. The BACA member companies generated €4.2 billion last year and employ 6,751 people.

 


“BACA clearly represents a diverse range of operators, brokers and aviation professionals, with membership spanning Europe, North America, Australasia and Russia,” said WingX managing director Richard Koe. “Our study indicates that BACA operators are connecting more than 25,000 airport pairs across 146 countries. This activity generated almost €100 million in fuel, handling and passenger fees last year.”

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