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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Senior leaders of nine different aviation associations jointly urged U.S. lawmakers to ensure that the contract tower program is fully funded in the Fiscal Year 2019 transportation appropriations bill. The aviation groups made that appeal in a March 2 letter, as Congress is in the throes of wrapping up work on a full-year FY2018 bill. The federal government is funded through March 23 under a series of short-term extensions.

 


While focus has been on 2018 funding, the associations—which represent a cross-section of airlines, cargo carriers, airports, and business and general aviation groups—are hoping to get a jump on Fiscal Year 2019 by reinforcing the need for continued support for the program. Specifically, they would like to see Congress provide $172 million for the program, the same approved in previous spending bills.

 


“Events of the past several years have made it abundantly clear that the FAA Contract Tower Program enjoys strong bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress,” the groups agreed in the letter. "Keeping funding stable will ensure that all 254 contract towers are funded," they added.

 


“Together, these 254 towers handle approximately 28 percent of all air traffic control tower (ATCT) aircraft operations in the U.S., but only account for about 14 percent of the FAA’s overall budget allotted to ATC tower operations and save the FAA and taxpayers approximately $200 million per year,” they said. The program further enables placing towers at airports that otherwise would not have one.

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