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

Global business aircraft flying edged up 2.2 percent last month from a year ago despite an 11.3 percent drop in Europe, according to&nbsp;Argus International.
In Europe, activity was “sluggish,” Argus said, as operations involving large-cabin jets plunged year-over-year by 28.4 percent in January. Meanwhile, midsize jet&nbsp;activity declined&nbsp;by 10.1 percent and light jet flights were down by 5.8 percent in Europe.
In North America, activity increased by 1.3 percent year-over-year, thanks to a 12.7 percent jump in fractional activity and a 4.4 percent gain in Part 91 operations.&nbsp;This buffered the 5.7 percent decline in Part 135 flights in North America.
Large-cabin jet flights in North America continued to increase, up 6.8 percent in January from a year ago. Turboprop flights increased by 2.5 percent while midsize jet operations remained even and flights by light&nbsp;jets were off by 1.8 percent.
Meanwhile, operations strengthened by 16.1 percent in other regions last month. Large-cabin jet operations led this increase, up by 35.7 percent, followed by turboprops at 17.1 percent and light jets at 10.6 percent. Midsize jet activity, however, was down by 6 percent in January in regions including Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America.
As for February, Argus is projecting that activity will soften by 1.1 percent in North America and European activity will decline by 16.8 percent over the same month in 2022.

January Business Aircraft Flight Activity Edges Up Globally, but Drops in Europe

Argus reported that European business aircraft flight operations slid by 11.3 percent in January but increased 2.2 percent globally.

January Bizav Activity Up Globally, Drops in Europe

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