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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“SwiftJet’s results represent a major leap forward for L-band connectivity,” said Mark Goodman, senior director of product management for Honeywell Aerospace. “Honeywell and Viasat have now proven the technology from end-to-end across the satellite network, giving our customers confidence to proceed with SwiftJet commercial deployment and entry into service by the end of the year.”
The tests verified the performance reliability and strength, including through spot beam transitions, meeting expectations. Providing seamless global coverage, SwiftJet will enable business aircraft passengers to connect through the internet, email, text, and video calls.
SwiftJet will provide speeds of 2.6 Mbps, up to six times faster than Viasat’s existing L-band business aviation connection, through Honeywell’s terminals, including HD-710, HSD-440, HSD-400, and Aspire 400. These terminals are already installed on many Gulfstream, Dassault, and Embraer business jets.
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“SwiftJet has rewritten the rules of what’s possible with L-band connectivity for business aviation. It has unlocked previously unachievable capabilities so passengers can stay in touch, in control, and entertained wherever they fly, from the busiest airspace to the most remote locations,” said Melinda Janda, v-p of business aviation commercial strategy for Viasat.

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