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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Global business aircraft flight activity jumped 4.8% year over year (YOY) in June, with North America up 3.7%, and Europe up 2.4%, according to aviation safety and data specialist Argus International. This sets the stage for continued improvement this month, with Argus anticipating a 1.8% YOY increase in North America and a 1.5% rise in European activity in July.
Citing its TraqPak data, Argus noted that strengthened North American operations in June exceeded the projected 1.1% increase for the month, with operational categories up across the board. Fractional activity continued to drive the increases, up 9.4% YOY in North America, followed by Part 135, up 2.8%, and Part 91, up 2.1%.
In North America, all categories trended positive last month, with light jets leading the way at a 5.7% YOY increase, followed by large-cabin jets at 3.5%, and midsize jets and turboprops each with 2.9% gains. While fractional operations have surged for some time, Part 135/charter activity is now up 1.9% in the first half, Argus reported.
In June, the only YOY decline in flights in North America specifically involved large-cabin jets operated under Part 91, and that was off by just 0.1%. The biggest increase involved fractional large-cabin operations, up 27.9% YOY.
In Europe, operations were up for the second month in a row with large-cabin jet operations showing the largest increase at 6.2%, followed by midsize jets at 3.4%. However, not all aircraft categories posted gains; operations involving turboprops were down 0.2% YOY and light jets by 0.5% in June.
As for the rest of the world, operations were up 13.4% YOY in June, with turboprop activity increasing by 21.6% and light jet operations by 10.9%. Large-cabin jets followed at 5.3% and then midsize jets at 4.3%.

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Global business aircraft activity increased by 4.8% YOY in June, with all categories up in North America, according to Argus International.

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