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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

Business aircraft flying dipped 2.5 percent year-over-year last month in North America and the Caribbean as Part 91 and 135 activity declined, according to the latest TraqPak Aircraft Activity Report from Argus. Part 91 activity last month was down 3.4 percent from a year earlier, while Part 135 activity fell 2.9 percent during the same period.

 


Buffering this decline was a 2.1 percent year-over-year increase in fractional flight activity. That was solely spurred by midsize jet fractional flying, which was up 8.3 percent in November. Large jet fractional activity, conversely, plunged 18.3 percent last month, while large jet activity across all operating segments was collectively down 4.8 percent.

 


The only other increase in November was a 1.3 percent improvement in Part 91 light jet activity. But that was not enough to offset&nbsp;declines in other Part 91 aircraft categories: turboprop activity dropped 3.5 percent; midsize jet, -6.8 percent; and large-cabin jet, -5.6 percent.

 


Similar to Part 91, midsize jet activity led the decline in Part 135, down 5.1 percent. This was followed by light jet activity at -4.8 percent and turboprop activity at -1.3 percent. And while large-cabin jet activity dropped precipitously with fractionals, it was down just 0.1 percent at Part 135 operations.

 


Despite weak demand, Argus is still forecasting an overall 1.4 percent year-over-year increase for this month.

Argus: U.S. Business Aircraft Activity Down in November

Part 91 and 135 declines offset the 2.1 percent increase in fractional operations in November, according to the Argus TraqPak Aircraft Activity Report.

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