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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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recognized International Civil Aviation Day on Friday by encouraging outreach to ensure the continued globalization of air transportation and highlighting a need to focus on the development of skills and capabilities.

 


ICAO continued a theme of “Working Together to Ensure No Country is Left Behind” for this year’s aviation day, and in a joint statement Council president Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu and secretary general Fang Liu noted that 4.1 billion passengers and 56 million tonnes of freight were carried last year with no signs of slowing down.

 


“But&nbsp;in order to take advantage of this growth&nbsp;and optimize it for their local businesses and populations, governments must commit to raising their levels of ICAO compliance to be in line with global norms,” the leaders said. “Improving local skills and capabilities to assure ICAO compliance can be a daunting task for many developing states."

 


The No Country Left Behind theme acknowledges these challenges while encouraging assistance from more developed states, they said. These efforts are working to expand travel to more countries, they agreed. Availability of highly trained skilled local resources also is a factor in the ability of states to implement emerging technologies, such as drones, they added.

 


Noting ICAO will be celebrating its 75th anniversary next year, the leaders said the organization is planning a series of new youth-oriented innovation contests in 2019 to spur interest in the industry.

ICAO Seeks Outreach, Skill Development for Industry

To support continued globalization of aviation, governments must commit to compliance with international standards, ICAO leaders say.

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