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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Kerry Lynch

NBAA is bringing back its Flight Deck stage during the 2025 edition of BACE with a broad slate of industry and government leaders who will address a range of pressing topics. Introduced at the 2024 BACE, Flight Deck discussions will take place in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
“The Flight Deck is where the industry’s most influential voices come together to explore the issues that matter most,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “These are the people whose perspectives are shaping the future of aviation, and this is the place where those conversations begin.”
Planned sessions for the 2025 edition of Flight Deck will cover aviation breakthroughs and the vision for the future, safety against a backdrop of the high-profile accidents, what’s ahead on the regulatory front, latest trends of the preowned market, and the reshaping of the national airspace.
The speaker lineup includes Michelle “Mace” Curran, former U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot and motivational speaker; National Air Traffic Controller Association president Nick Daniels; uAvionix president and CEO Jon Damush; jetAviva CEO Emily Deaton; Gregory Feith, aviation safety and security consultant and former NTSB senior air safety investigator; Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein; Skyryse founder and CEO Mark Groden; NBAA board of directors chair emeritus Lloyd “Fig” Newton; and The Jet Business founder and CEO Steve Varsano.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

NBAA Lines Up Full Slate of Leaders for BACE Flight Deck

Senior government officials and industry leaders will discuss safety, NAS, innovation

NBAA’s Flight Deck returns to BACE with senior government officials and industry leaders to discuss safety, NAS, the market, and innovation.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Gordon Gilbert

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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.

Full system deployment expected in mid-2026, following a now underway transition period

Notam System Update Begins at FAA, but All-caps Remain

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

DOT estimates 17,000 FAA workers would be furloughed

FAA Worker Reps Urge Congress To End Shutdown

Groups sent letter warning of the damage to aviation a shutdown would bring

Aviation Groups Call on Congress To Avert Govt. Shutdown

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Controller hiring would halt

NATCA Urges Congress To Avoid Government Shutdown

Curt Epstein

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

New developments at FBOs including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

The city-funded structure took more than a year to build

Dallas-area Airport Adds New CBP Facility

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

He will receive prison time and be required to pay for the airplane’s repair

Drone Pilot Who Crashed into L.A. Fire Bomber Sentenced

Amy Wilder

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

More In Regulations and Government

Notam System Update Begins at FAA, but All-caps Remain

Full system deployment expected in mid-2026, following a now underway transition period

FAA Worker Reps Urge Congress To End Shutdown

DOT estimates 17,000 FAA workers would be furloughed

Aviation Groups Call on Congress To Avert Govt. Shutdown

Groups sent letter warning of the damage to aviation a shutdown would bring

NATCA Urges Congress To Avoid Government Shutdown

Controller hiring would halt

Dallas-area Airport Adds New CBP Facility

The city-funded structure took more than a year to build

Drone Pilot Who Crashed into L.A. Fire Bomber Sentenced

He will receive prison time and be required to pay for the airplane’s repair

Mar-a-Lago Proposes 60-foot Helipad Upgrade

Demolished after previous term, pad could return larger

New APIS Rules for Bizav Start in Mexico

The new process involves a two-step authorization

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