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

UK-headquartered aerostructures, components, and systems provider GKN Aerospace reported a 7 percent increase in sales in 2019 and a jump on future business with a couple of key contracts, including from Gulfstream Aerospace and Aerion Supersonic. At the same time, GKN said it anticipates some negative impact in 2020 related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

 


GKN Aerospace brought in £3.852 billion ($5.03 billion) in revenue and posted a profit of £409 million for the year, exceeding expectations, it said. This compares with 2018 results of £3.534 billion in revenue and&nbsp;profit of £341 million. Operating margin was up from 9.9 percent in 2018 to 10.6 percent last year.

 


The company added its reorganization to strengthen and streamline its business remains on track. GKN is organizing business lines around civil airframes, defense, and engines—a process that will continue over the next 18 months. Meanwhile, GKN invested more than £50 million at its UK facilities in Cowes, Luton, and Portsmouth, as well as at its U.S. plant in Garden Grove, California.

 


Also last year, GKN reinforced its business jet business, receiving a contract to design and build the empennage and floorboards for the Gulfstream G700. The contract further covered fuselage panel production. In addition, Aerion selected GKN to design the empennage and electrical wiring and interconnection systems for the AS2 supersonic business jet.

GKN Caps 2019 with Stronger Sales, New Bizav Contracts

GKN Aerospace saw sales increase 7 percent in 2019 and received a boost in its business aviation business with new contracts from Gulfstream, Aerion.

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