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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Business aviation services provider Valo Aviation has added a Dassault Falcon 8X to its fleet, marking the first of the type to be registered with the Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs agency. The company said the registration highlights both Dassault’s growing presence in the Gulf and Bahrain’s goals of expanding its aviation sector. On the latter, the registration announcement was made in the presence of Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, minister of transportation and telecommunications, demonstrating the support for business aviation growth there.
“This milestone reflects the dedication of our team and our ambition to build a world-class AOC fleet operated from Bahrain,” said Valo Aviation CEO Hanna Hakamo. Headquartered in Manama, Valo Aviation provides a range of services, including aircraft management, charter sales, CAMO, and flight support services. Valo Aviation is offering the aircraft for charter.
The 6,450-nm, 14-passenger Falcon trijet enables the company to offer nonstop flights from Bahrain to locations such as London City, Tokyo, and Cape Town, Valo Aviation noted.&nbsp;The addition comes after Dassault Aviation’s ExecuJet MRO Services facility in Dubai recently received authorization from Bahrain to support the 8X.

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