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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Kenny Dichter, who founded Wheels Up and innovated jet cards through Marquis Jet, is stepping back into private aviation, this time with a charter brokerage platform that will provide access to business aircraft operations without membership fees or long-term commitments.
Dichter, who departed from Wheels Up in mid-2023, unveiled his latest venture, Real Jet, rolling out a broad Real SLX platform that creates an “ecosystem,” with hospitality, unique experiences, and other curated benefits, in addition to private aircraft options.
The company said the platform is designed to remove “the last remaining barriers between aspirational private fliers and the skies” and builds on Dichter’s experience in broadening the market.
“We built Real SLX in order to put our members at the right events, in the right seats, next to the right people,” said Dichter, who is serving as chairman of the new entity. “Real Jet serves its customers in the same way—by connecting flyers with the right companies, the right aircraft, and the right people.”
Referring to his past with Marquis Jet, which developed 25-hour jet cards for NetJets lift, and Wheels Up, which aimed to democratize private aviation with a much lower entry-level cost, Dichter added: “What made Marquis Jet and Wheels Up successful wasn’t just aircraft. It was the people.”

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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