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

NBAA has reached 11,000 members, a milestone achieved as the association nears its 70th anniversary. NBAA was established in 1947 by 19 charter members to protect the interests of the business aviation community at a time when government leaders began proposing restrictive air traffic rules to cope with the growth of the aviation industry.

 


The business aviation community since has grown into an industry that supports one million American jobs and generates $219 billion in U.S. economic activity. NBAA’s advocacy also has grown over the years, with the association representing interests of the business aviation operators on issues that include airport and airspace access, safety, environmental concerns, security restrictions, international requirements, new technologies, taxes and state mandates. The association’s annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition now typically draws about 27,000 attendees and has grown to the point that only a few cities in the U.S. can host it. The association also has partnered with international business aviation communities to expand the conventions to locations in Asia and Europe.

 


NBAA’s membership has more than doubled over the past 20 years, reaching 5,000 members in 1997 and then 6,000 in 1999. NBAA celebrated the 1,000-member milestone in 1974.

 


“The growth of an association’s membership is testimony to its value, so we are pleased to reach this important milestone,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “Clearly, NBAA’s work to advocate for business aviation and foster its growth in the U.S. and around the world is well understood by the entrepreneurs and companies across the U.S., which rely on business aircraft.”

NBAA Memberships Grows to 11,000

NBAA reaches the 11,000 milestone as it nears its 70th anniversary.

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