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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A recent update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) requirements for outdoor areas lifts face mask requirements in open hangars. The CDC in June <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-06-15/cdc-eases-mask-mandate-transportation-hubs-outdoors">changed the mask requirements</a>, allowing people to go without masks in outdoor areas at transportation hubs.

 


However, the National Air Transportation Association and other industry groups worked with the CDC on the update to ensure open hangars were included as open areas. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html">In a summary</a> of changes to the face mask order, the CDC referred to “outdoors” as “any open-air area” and gave examples of transportation hubs to now include surface parking lots and partially enclosed parking garages, passenger pick-up/drop-off areas, railway platforms, piers, open hangars, and airport runways. The CDC continues to recommend that people who are not fully vaccinated wear masks in these areas.

 


NATA said it plans to update its Safety 1st Clean Standard to align it with the CDC revisions.&nbsp;The association added that it is continuing to work with CDC to ensure an understanding of the unique operating environments involved with business aviation.

 


Meanwhile, the TSA is extending its mask requirement for transportation through January 18. It had been set to expire on September 13.

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