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

Newly released results from Aviation International News sister publication Business Jet Traveler’s <a href="http://bjtonline.com/business-jet-news/6th-annual-bjt-readers-choice-survey">2016 Readers' Choice Survey </a>found that 37 percent of those who fly privately expect to increase their time in the air in the next year and another 54 percent expect to fly at least as much. The sixth annual survey, published in the October/November issue, found that while 28 percent have flown less time in the past year, only 9 percent expect to cut back next year. Results are based on responses from 1,285 BJT subscribers, a 26-percent increase from last year and a record for the survey.

 


As in past surveys, the ability to save time and use airports that airlines don’t serve topped the reasons for using business aviation. Also as in past surveys, readers listed economical operation, range and cabin size&nbsp;as the three most important features in an aicraft. The order of those three, however, has varied in past years.

 


When asked which business jet they would choose if they were to receive a year of complimentary flying, a Gulfstream led the pack in three categories: midsize-cabin jet (Gulfstream 100/150), large-cabin (Gulfstream G450) and ultra-long-range (G650). The Embraer Phenom 300 led the small-cabin/light-jet choices and the Bombardier Challenger 300 was the top choice for a super-midsize category.

 


The survey results also cover preferences for fractional share providers, jet cards and charter operators, among other data.

Survey: Private Flying To Pick Up in 2017

The BJT 2016  Survey found that while 28 percent of the respondents flew less time in the past year, only 9 percent expect to in the next year.

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