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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International air charter sourcing platform Avinode is seeing a strengthening in the medium jet sector with inquires up by 39 percent in the U.S. and by 29 percent in Europe. Avinode, which includes midsize, super-midsize and heavy jets in the “medium jet” sector, traced 100,209 “trips” for medium jets for domestic U.S. travel from Nov. 1, 2017 through Oct. 31, 2018. That number is up from 72,262 trips sourced in the previous 12 months.&nbsp;A trip is a journey sourced through Avinode, but not necessarily booked, the company explained.&nbsp;By comparison, small jet demand in the U.S. grew 32 percent in the 12 months beginning Nov. 1, 2017 to 76,314.

 


“Medium jets fit the U.S. perfectly,” Avinode said, particularly for coast-to-coast or East Coast to Florida routes. The most frequent request for medium jets were flights between Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Florida.&nbsp;This was followed by Teterboro to Van Nuys Airport in California.

 


In Europe, Avinode reported 176,848 trips sourced for medium jets for the year beginning Nov. 1, 2017, up from 137,091 in the previous year.

 


Avinode pointed to the operational benefits and short-field capabilities of medium jets, but also believes news of new models helps provide a boost to the sector, pointing to the imminent certification of the Cessna Citation Longitude and the unveiling of&nbsp;Embraer's Praetor 600 and 500.

Avinode: Medium Jet Requests Surge

The number of trips sourced through Avinode for medium jets jumped 39 percent in the U.S. and 29 percent in Europe over a 12-month period.

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