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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

BP has named company veteran Jon Platt to succeed David Gilmour as CEO of its global aviation business, Air BP. Gilmour, who has led Air BP since 2013, is taking the new position of vice president at BP Group Technology, where he will be responsible for technology commercialization and venturing, along with strategy, planning and communities.

 


Platt, who has served with BP for more than 27 years, steps into his new position on October 1. He joined BP in 1989 as a chemical engineer in refinery and petrochemicals operations and later held roles in commercial, corporate head office, finance, strategy and business leadership in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Previously CEO of BP’s global liquid petroleum gas business and CFO for its global petrochemicals business, Platt also has held roles as commercial v-p of fuels and head of strategy and portfolio.

BP Changes Leadership at Air BP

Jon Platt takes the help of Air BP after working with the parent company for more than 27 years.

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