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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Bombardier manufactures a variety of business aircraft models, provides engineering, and aircraft maintenance services.

Bombardier Global Express, XRS, 5000, 5500, 6000, and 6500

Kerry Lynch

Collins Aerospace is expanding the availability of its LuxStream high-speed airborne connectivity service to Bombardier Global 5000, 6000, and XRS models&nbsp;through recent supplemental type certificate (STC) approvals from both the&nbsp;FAA and EASA.&nbsp;Working with Collins, Q.C.M. design Switzerland completed the STCs to install the KuSAT-2000 satcom system aboard the Global models, providing access to the LuxStream service.

 


Part of Collins Aerospace's&nbsp;ArincDirect portfolio, LuxStream offers speeds of up to 25 Mbps in the U.S. and up to 15 Mbps globally through SES’s Ku-band high-throughput satellite network. Collins said the SES network’s capabilities have been extensively validated on aircraft carrying more than 25 passengers.

 


The capabilities support passengers' use of multiple 4K video streams, virtual conferencing, and other high-bandwidth online activities while in flight. Collins, which has developed a series of pricing packages based on usage for the LuxStream service, is offering the hardware, service, and support for the system.

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FAA, EASA Give Nod for LuxStream Satcom on Globals

New FAA and EASA STCs enable Collins Aerospace to bring its high-speed LuxStream connectivity service to Bombardier Global 5000, 6000, and XRS models.

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Jet Aviation installed the unit, which is available at Jet Aviation and authorized Gulfstream service centers

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