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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Luna Aviation Group reported a 45 percent jump in revenue across the European company in 2022 as its LunaJets private charter brokerage exceeded $150 million for the first time in its history. LunaJets alone saw a 40 percent year-over-year increase in revenue, organizing more than 12,000 movements and bringing in 1,250 new clients.
Meanwhile, LunaGroup Charter—a commercial group charter division that is in its second year of operation—exceeded $15 million in revenue and reported a 290 percent increase in the&nbsp;number of flights organized.
"Considering the post-pandemic situation, particularly the uncertainty of whether international events are hosted, and a slow start of the year, we are delighted by these numbers and by growing our market share. Our worldwide activity enabled us to achieve a record-breaking fourth quarter," said Rémi Aubin, LunaGroup charter sales director.
Growth comes as Luna Aviation Group opened offices in London,&nbsp;Paris, Monte Carlo, and Riga, Latvia,&nbsp;over the past two years. In addition, this month, the group opened a Dubai station. Plans call for continued expansion with offices in Zurich and Madrid this year.
"We experienced immense growth in 2022 and it [Dubai] is our first expansion outside Europe,” said Alain Leboursier, managing director of Luna Aviation Group. “It embodies our continued commitment to positioning LunaJets as a worldwide market leader and closer to our growing clientele in the region.”

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