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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Berkshire Hathaway aviation services businesses—NetJets and FlightSafety International—have collectively experienced a 9.7% year-over-year (YOY) revenue increase through the first nine months, according to the investment giant.
Releasing its third-quarter results on Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway noted that this improvement helped boost its overall services group—which also includes Dairy Queen, Cort, and Business Wire, among others—to a $622 million revenue gain during the three-month period and $1.4 billion jump through the first nine months. Notably, Berkshire Hathaway cited an increase in aircraft ownership, flight hours, and average rates at NetJets for the climb in services revenues.
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The aviation services' increased profitability is a direct result of higher revenues, Berkshire Hathaway reported. This was partially offset by higher flight crew, instructor, maintenance, and fuel costs, as well as depreciation expenses.

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