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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Kerry Lynch

Alerion Aviation COO Suran Wijayawardana has become the next chairman of NATA’s Air Charter Committee. Wijayawardana takes the position after serving for nearly a decade on the committee, where he has been actively involved in key issues affecting the industry—such as federal excise tax legislation and air carrier training requirements—and currently represents NATA as a member of the Part 135 Training Working Group on the FAA’s Air Carrier Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee.

 


“Suran’s expertise, enthusiasm and devotion to the success of the air charter industry are hallmarks of his prior work as a member of the Air Charter Committee," said NATA president and CEO Thomas Hendricks. "Suran is a strong advocate for NATA, and I am pleased to welcome him to this new leadership role.”

 


Wijayawardana helped establish the newly branded Alerion following the 2015 merger of his charter and management firm ACP Jets with JFI Jets.&nbsp;He founded ACP Jets in 2001 and has nearly two decades of industry experience.

Suran Wijayawardana Chairs NATA Air Charter Committee

Wijayawardana helped establish the newly branded Alerion following the 2015 merger of his charter and management firm ACP Jets with JFI Jets.

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