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 Helicopter Association International is reminding operators that&nbsp;Canada is implementing a new fuel surcharge on airplanes and helicopters operating in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. While tax collection means are still unclear, HAI advises that operators, distributors, wholesalers, and producers, must now register with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) if they fly or do businesses in those regions, including international operators. Authorized through Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, the registration requirements will further extend to Nunavut and Yukon on July 1.

 


The rates are designed to reflect a carbon pollution price of $20 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in 2019, rising by $10 per tonne annually to $50 per tonne in 2022, according to the CRA. For aviation gasoline, this equates to beginning at 4.98 cents per liter, rising to 12.44 cents on April 1, 2022. For jet fuel, this is 5.16 cents per liter, increasing to 12.91 on April 1, 2022.

 


While registration is required for Nunavut and Yukon, the fuel surcharge rates were set at $0 for those territories.

 


HAI expects the CRA to provide further guidance on collection of the fuel tax. “We don’t have the exact numbers, but I’m sure there are numerous U.S. and Canadian helicopter operators that routinely fly in the Canadian provinces mentioned on the CRA website,” said Matt Callan, HAI director of regulations and international affairs,&nbsp;in an association news brief.

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