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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UK-based Affinity Aviation Group (AAG) opened a dedicated office at Farnborough Airport as the business aviation acquisition, sales, charter, and advisory services provider celebrated its 10th anniversary. Also coinciding with AAG’s 10th anniversary, the company is steering the imminent delivery of a Bombardier Global 6500 to a European client, one of four preowned transactions it has in progress.
Former ExecuJet head of sales Andrew Hoy established AAG in 2015 with a fixed commission fee model of 1% to 3% and tailored services for aircraft buyers and sellers. Since then, the company has expanded into advisory services, pre-buy inspections, and VIP charter through its FlyAffinity membership program.
Over the past decade, AAG managed the acquisition and delivery of 63 aircraft, managing acquisitions, sales, and deliveries of business jets, turboprops, and helicopters. It has overseen the delivery of five new Bombardier jets, as well as other entry-into-services including for Gulfstream customers.
Launched in 2022, the FlyAffinity program now has 28 members and a 100% retention rate with clients from Formula 1, football, entertainment, and UHNW family offices. In the pre-buy inspection arena, AAG has completed 17 inspections and managed three aircraft refurbishment projects.
AAG is continuing to grow with the opening this month of a dedicated facility inside Hangar One at Farnborough Airport.
AAG’s Hoy has remained active in the business aviation community, working through the British Business &amp; General Aviation Association to elevate the G-registry. A pilot with more than 7,000 hours TT in Bombardier Globals, he recently commanded a record-breaking flight on a Global 7500 from Taipei to London in 16 hours 29 minutes.

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