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

The number of business aviation departures accelerated in Europe in September, growing 4 percent year-over-year, slightly ahead of the year-to-date trend, according to WingX Advance’s latest Business Aviation Monitor. Business jets accounted for 63 percent of the 83,848 business aviation departures, marking a 3 percent increase year over year.

 


The strongest growth in the major markets occurred in Italy and Spain, up 7 percent and 9 percent, respectively. France and Germany, meanwhile, also experienced solid growth, up around 5 percent. However, departures declined slightly in the UK and Switzerland, WingX reported.

 


In smaller markets, business activity jumped 22 percent in Croatia, and 10 percent in the Netherlands and Ireland. Prop and piston activity out of Finland, meanwhile, drove a 60 percent spike.

 


Large jets and charter activity, which in the recent past have led business aviation flight operations growth, were both relatively flat in the month. Large jet activity was up only 1 percent overall and down 5 percent in the UK. Charter/AOC activity increased 2 percent year-over-year, but that was weaker than recent trends.

 


“There was a distinctive pattern to the activity, with relatively strong growth in private flights, while charter flights are tailing off after the summer,” said Richard Koe, managing director of WingX Advance, who added that last month overall was “the busiest-ever September.”

Europe Flights Reach High Mark in September

The 4 percent year-over-year increase in September was ahead of the year-to-date pace.

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