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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Kerry Lynch

Business aviation flights in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean ticked up 0.9 percent in October, driven in part by a 4.4 percent jump in fractional activity, according to Argus’s latest Aircraft Activity Report on its TRAQPak data. Fractional flights involving light jets led the increases, up 11 percent year over year in October.&nbsp;Midsize fractional operations followed at a 10.7 percent increase.&nbsp;These offset a 27.9 percent plunge in fractional flights involving large jets.

 


The drop in large-jet fractional flights also spurred a 3.7 percent decline overall in large jet activity in the month. Part 91 large jet flights in the reported regions were down 2.8 percent. However, Part 135 large jet flights were up 3.3 percent; the only aircraft category to see an increase in the Part 135 market last month.

 


Overall, Part 135 flights were down 1.7 percent. And while light jets drove the increase for fractional flights, they led the year-over-year decline for light jets in October, down 6.9 percent.&nbsp;

 


Part 91 flights overall were up 1.8 percent, despite the dip in large jet flights.&nbsp;Turboprop flying was up 3.5 percent in the month, as was light-jet activity by 2.8 percent.&nbsp;

 


Looking forward, Argus sees a softening in overall year-over-year activity in November, estimating a 0.2 percent slide.

Argus: Light Jet Frax Flights Drive October Gains

While fractional operations involving light jets jumped 11 percent in October, Part 135 flights involving light jets slid 6.9 percent, Argus reported.

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