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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Angolan-based operator Bestfly (Booth Y140, with AfBAA) and JetMagic of Malta have applied for Air Operator Certificates (AOCs) from the DCA of Aruba. 
JetMagic established an Aruban-based subsidiary, JetMagic Aruba, which will become its principal place of business for the operation of its VIP Boeing aircraft. JetMagic manages a fleet of four Boeings, including two BBJs, a 757-200 and a 777. Aruba-registered P4-BBJ will be the first aircraft placed on JetMagic’s Aruba AOC.
The DCA of Aruba has approved the project and plans to present the AOC certification after the finalization of the last required steps. “We have ample example with JetMagic as an operator in the non-commercial category; they are considered a very professional and compliant operator,” said Edwin Kelly, director of the DCA of Aruba. “We look forward to completing their air operator certification in a short period.”
BestFly currently is undergoing review for the Aruban approval. The Aruban AOC will enable an expansion of services already offered through BestFly’s Angolan AOC.
The company, established in 2009, is the largest private aircraft operator in Angola with a fleet of 13 aircraft. Noting Bestfly has been a private operator at the Registry of Aruba (Booth Z114), Jorge Colindres, chairman and CEO of the registry, said, “we are pleased to see how their organization has expanded an grown.”

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