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

The British Business Aviation Association (BBGA) recently presented its Michael Wheatley Award to Penny Stephens, CEO of Inflite The Jet Centre. The award recognizes outstanding services to the general aviation industry.

 


BBGA CEO Marc Bailey credited Stephens for evolving "a family-run, independent business into a thriving, international-focused concern in MRO and executive aviation handling for over three decades, without losing any of those family-held values.”

 


Stephens learned to fly at 17 and began working at Thurston Aviation, initially as a secretary and later moving into administration.&nbsp;She joined Inflite, the aviation company run by her husband Ray Stephens, in 1992. There, she became involved in all aspects of the MRO business, signing legacy airlines such as Aer Lingus and Lufthansa to support their BAE 146 regional jets. More than a decade later she redesigned the offices and agreed to support the new Embraer Legacy. Now, the MRO is the largest EMEA-authorized service center for the Legacy, Lineage, and Phenom series. By 2012, as CEO, she had steered the business into an international center catering to VIP guests.

BBGA Honors Inflite CEO Penny Stephens

 Stephens evolved "a family-run, independent business into a thriving, international-focused concern in MRO and executive aviation handling."

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