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

International Business Aviation Council director general Kurt Edwards welcomed attendees to the MEBAA Show on Tuesday, expressing enthusiasm about the return of the three-day event after a four-year, Covid-induced&nbsp;hiatus and stressing that it was time for “setting the record straight.”
“It is so exciting to be back here after four years and I'm really glad to see this turnout. I'm glad to see the number of exhibitors here,” Edwards said kicking off the series of panel sessions MEBAA is hosting on the show floor.
The show is providing a forum for the industry to discuss challenges, opportunities business models, financing, regulations, and a range of other pressing issues, he said.
Edwards said one such key issue&nbsp;is sustainability, adding,&nbsp;“[The industry has] been getting a lot of [negative] press in this area recently” and it's an issue “we are going to face one way or another.”
Industry needs to change the prevailing perception because it “has been striving for sustainability for years. We all want to be more fuel efficient. We all want to use less fuel. We all want to burn less fuel. We've been doing that now for decades. Our industry is very innovative.”
He pointed to innovations specific to business aviation, as well as efforts such as commitments to net-zero carbon emissions, and noted that the International Civil Aviation Organization largely adopted a roadmap led by industry.

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