Kerry Lynch
Editor, AIN monthly magazine
Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the Aviation International News monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with AIN for eight years. She joined AIN 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 HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the Show News staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for Business & Commercial Aviation and Overhaul & Maintenance 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.
Latest from Kerry Lynch
Ducommun Completes BLR Aerospace Buy
With the acquisition, BLR Aerospace will add a portfolio of performance enhancing systems to Ducommun's lines of commercial aerospace engineered products.
Training and Workforce
CAE To Expand Bizav Training into Central Europe
CAE is planning to open a business aviation training center in Central Europe in 2024, marking its first such facility in the region.
Absolute Aviation First To Join IADA from Africa
Absolute Aviation has become an accredited dealer member of the International Aircraft Dealers Association, marking a first from Africa.
Avionics
Gogo Business Aviation Expanding 5G Coverage to Canada
On track to commercially launch its 5G service in the U.S. later this year, Gogo Business Aviation is planning to extend the coverage into Canada in 2024.
Regulations and Government
FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen To Depart Agency
Citing a desire to spend more time with family, FAA acting Administrator Billy Nolen said he would leave the agency when a permanent nominee is named.
GA Leaders See Opportunity in 'Existential Threat' to Industry
Panelists at a GAMA event stressed the opportunities to tell a better story and push toward new technologies as the industry faces threats.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SmartSky Rapidly Expanding Aircraft Approval List
SmartSky anticipates that at least seven more aircraft will be approved for installation of its in-flight ATG connectivity equipment by the end of 2Q.
Aircraft
Daher Gets EASA Nod for Kodiak 900
Daher obtained EASA approval for its newest member of the Kodiak family, the 900, after having U.S. FAA certification in hand last year.
Former T&I Chair Bud Shuster Passes Away
Former Pennsylvania Republican Bud Shuster died April 19 at 91, leaving a strong legacy for his aviation trust fund and highway advocacy.
ATC
FAA Selects Sustainable Design for Tower Replacements
The FAA has set aside $500 million to lay the groundwork to replace 31 aging air traffic control towers with new, sustainable facilities.
Airlines, Pilots Disagree on Pilot Shortage
A hearing on Capitol Hill underscored the discord over pilot supply and how to address it.
Stack Integrates Operating System with Avinode
BOS Developer Stack integrated its customer relationship system into the Avinode online charter broker platform.
FBOs
Clay Lacy On Pace for 2024 Hangar Opening at KOXC
Clay Lacy remains ahead of schedule on the construction of its $20 million expansion at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut.
Regulations and Government
FAA Offers To Partner with NBAA To Ease Line-check Constraints
The FAA said it was willing to partner with NBAA to help raise awareness on policies that could help ease issues with constraints on line checks.
Maintenance and Modifications
Study: Aircraft, Mx Trades Rapidly Expanding Workforce in UK
A study from an electrician educator in the UK found aircraft and maintenance-related trades topped the list of workforce growth since 2006.
IADA: Preowned Bizav Market Calming from 'Feeding Frenzy'
The number of preowned transactions and and aircraft under contract has slowed, but IADA members are optimistic that inventory and pricing are improving.
Argus Sees Bizav Ops Continuing To Slide from 2022
Business aircraft traffic was down 4.8 percent year-over-year globally in March with operations softened in both North America and Europe, Argus reported.
Former Gulfstream President Larry Flynn Flies West
Larry Flynn, inducted as a Living Legend in Aviation in 2020, died on April 12 following a battle with cancer at the age of 71.
Foley: Bombardier Proving Ability as Pure-play OEM
Slimming down to a bizjet maker with $9 billion in debt could have imperiled Bombardier, but the OEM is showing resiliency, Brian Foley Associates said.
Regulations and Government
NATA, NBAA Urge More Flexible, Scalable SMS Rules
NBAA and NATA are concerned that the current SMS proposal may be too rigid for a large swath of operators and are asking for more time and flexibility.
Charter & Fractional
Flexjet Scraps IPO, Continues Growth Plans
Flexjet plans to remain "opportunistic" in the capital markets and continue growth after terminating an agreement to go public through a SPAC merger.
IBAC's New Crew Card Provides Security, Travel Benefits
IBAC has introduced an updated Crew Card that is more secure and offers a range of travel discounts through ID90 Travel.
ATC
NBAA Asks FAA To Continue Remote Tower Ops at Leesburg
After eight years, the FAA has decided to discontinue remote tower operations in Leesburg, Virginia, raising concerns from NBAA.
Baldwin Rolls Out External Safety Reporting Tool
Baldwin is offering a tool to its SMS program subscribers that would enable companies to receive external safety and quality reports.
Environment
EBAA Calls Greenpeace Report a Distortion of Facts
EBAA refutes a new report from Greenpeace which claims that business aviation's private jet pollution doubled in one year.
Security
Sparrow Executive Jets Joins Effort To Combat Human Trafficking
Sparrow Executive Jets' partnership with the Blue Lightning Initiative helps expand the effort to combat human trafficking to charter brokerages.
Jetcraft Broadens Reach with CFS Jets Acquisition
Jetcraft called the CFS Jets acquisition complementary, bringing light, midsize jets, and turboprops to the brokerage portfolio.
Safety
Bryan Burns Traces ACSF Growth in Members, Safety Programs
ACSF president Bryan Burns discusses the growth of his organization and the difficulties of bringing over safety programs traditionally used by airlines.
Boeing Donates $5.1M for ERAU Safety Research Center
ERAU's aviation safety center, headed by former NTSB chair Robert Sumwalt, will research safety risk issues that could drive improvement in the industry.
CubCrafters Rolls Out UL Variant with Updated Engine
CubCrafters is hoping to tap into the international market with its newest aircraft, the Carbon Cub UL, which will meet LSA and ultralight requirements.
