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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Textron Aviation is continuing to expand the international base for its Cessna Citation Latitude with an order from Aerolíneas Ejecutivas (ALE) for three of the midsize business jets. ALE will place the aircraft in its MexJet fractional ownership division. The aircraft will be delivered through the first three quarters of this year and will be based in Toluca and Monterrey, Mexico. Founded in 1997, MexJet was the first such fractional operation in Mexico and operates a fleet of 30 light, midsize, and large-cabin business jets, along with helicopters.

 


“Our fractional clients are going to appreciate the performance of this aircraft, while traveling in what is the most comfortable, technologically advanced cabin in its class,” said MexJet business director Alexis Javkin. He added that the operator will demonstrate the Latitude throughout Mexico and the region.

 


Celebrating its 50th year in business, ALE recently expanded a channel partnership with Textron Aviation to include sales and service for tthe OEM’s jet and turboprop portfolio. ALE previously had been an authorized sales representative for Textron Aviation special-mission aircraft and an authorized service facility for Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft.

 


“ALE has a long relationship with Textron Aviation’s Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker brands, and we’re excited to add the Citation Latitude to its fleet,” said Lannie O’Bannion, Textron Aviation's vice president of sales for Latin America and the Caribbean.

 


Textron Aviation delivered the first Latitude to be registered in Mexico in 2016. Company president and CEO Scott Ernest noted last fall that the Latitude program continued to make inroads on the international front as it had surpassed 100 deliveries. The aircraft is now certified in 41 countries, Textron Aviation said.

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