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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Aircraft

Business Jets on Full Display at Dubai Airshow

The major bizjet OEMs all came to Dubai for the 2023 airshow
Gulfstream G700 at 2023 Dubai Airshow (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FlyExclusive Signs On to Jetquity Residual Value Program

Jetquity will provide $350 million in residual value guarantees for flyExclusive's fleet
FlyExclusive CJ3+ (Photo: FlyExclusive)
Aircraft

Oman Air Takes Deliver First Boeing 737-800 Freighter

Oman Air's cargo business grew year-over-year by 42% in the first half.
Oman Air Boeing 737-800 Freighter
Training and Workforce

Airbus, Mubadala Join Efforts on Aerospace Engineer Internships

Airbus will host a dozen Emirati engineering students at its headquarters in Toulouse, France
Mubadala and Airbus scholarships
Aircraft

Schubeler To Provide Propulsion Systems for Bellwether eVTOLs

Companies have collaborated on Bellwether's Antelope and will work on the Oryx
Bellwether's Oryx eVTOL aircraft
Aircraft

Honeywell AAM Unit Grows into $10 Billion Business

Honeywell has contracts with AAM companies such as Archer, Lilium, Pipistrel, Supernal, and Vertical Aerospace
Lilium saudi
Aircraft

Abelo Increases ATR Orders as Market Roars Back

The Irish lessor signed a deal for 10 ATR 72-600s and options for 10 more
Abelo has ordered 10 ATR72 aircraft
Airlines

Scat Airlines To Double Fleet with Seven-Max Order

Kazakhstan's Scat looks to open new routes with the additional aircraft
Scat Boeing 737 Max
Aircraft

AeroGuard Scales Up Operations with Order for 90 Piper Archers

The AeroGuard order is the latest in a string of trainer fleet contracts for Piper this year
Piper deal at Dubai Airshow 2023
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulf Air Extends MRO Partnership with Joramco

Joramco has provided heavy maintenance for the Bahrain carrier for the past decade
Gulf Air and Joramco sign MRO contract extension
Engines

Airlines Driving White-hot Widebody Engine Market

Rolls-Royce is ready for increased production as orders heat up
Rolls-Royce UltraFan
ATC

Eve To Supply Urban ATM System for Dubai Vertiport Ops

KookieJar has signed an LOI with Eve
Eve
Security

ELT Group Increasing UAE Presence

The electromagnetic spectrum management specialist has moved into the space arena
ELT booth Dubai Airshow 2023
Aircraft

Jekta Moving ahead on Electric Flying Boat Plans

Research verified the economics of an electric amphibious aircraft
Jektra flying boat
Aircraft

Boeing Kicks Off Dubai Airshow with Bevy of Orders

Boeing's orders, options, and purchase rights tally surpassed 200 on the opening day of the airshow
Boeing 777X
Aircraft

Bombardier Ramping Up Deliveries, Sees Strong Global Pipeline

The Middle East remains a key market for Bombardier
Bombardier at Dubai Airshow 2023
Aircraft

Dassault Aviation Marks 50 Years in UAE

Dassault has the Rafale C combat aircraft and 2000LXS business jet on static display
Dassault at Dubai Airshow 2023
Aircraft

Boeing 777X Arrives at Dubai

The twin-engine airliner is nearing type inspection authorization
Boeing 777X at Dubai Airshow 2023
Engines

Rolls-Royce Completes 100 Percent SAF Testing for In-production Engines

Rolls also completed testing on UltraFan demonstrator
Rolls-Royce TestBed 80, UltraFan
Aircraft

Gulfstream Nears G700 Certification

Marking the Dubai Airshow debut of the G700, Gulfstream hopes to begin delivery this year
Gulfstream G700 at Dubai Airshow 2023
Rotorcraft

Flightwin Adding Applications for Unmanned Rotorcraft Family

The FWH-1500 has completed fire suppression and flood relief missions
Flightwin FWH-1500
Safety

NBAA Forms Runway Safety Group

Group will explore recent incursions and other safety events
The path of a  Hawker 850XP attempting to take off from Houston Hobby Airport before it collided with a Cessna Citation Mustang. (Image: National Transportation Safety Board)
Security

GPS Spoofing Incidents Increase in Middle East

Some aircraft departing Tel Aviv are being led toward Lebanon
OpsGroup spoofing map (Image: OpsGroup)
Training and Workforce

NAA Recognizes AIN's Leach as Distinguished Statesman

Other honorees are safety expert Gregory Feith, Jim Richmond, and Robert Stangarone
Wilson Leach, co-founder of AIN Media Group
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Launching Helo Service from Florida to Bahamas

Flexjet originally formalized its helicopter service to provide "last mile" service for its owners
Flexjet S-76 (Photo: Flexjet)
Aircraft

Bombardier Deliveries, Revenues Jump in Third Quarter

Deliveries were up by six and revenues by 28 percent
Bombardier Global 7500 over ocean (Photo: Bombardier)
Regulations and Government

CBP Revises Guidance on Changed APIS Manifests

Operators need to retransmit manifests when changes occur
CBP with aircraft arrival (Photo: Customs and Border Protection)
Training and Workforce

Building a Diverse Workforce—the Seeds of Change

Aviation groups are trying to break through diversity walls
Diversity graphic
Aircraft

NBAA-BACE Underscores Stickiness of Market Newcomers

One-third of NBAA-BACE attendees were first-timers
Static display NBAA-BACE 2023 (Photo: Barry Ambrose)
FBOs

FBO Stalwart Graham Stephenson Flies West

Stephenson's aviation career spanned 60 years from British Airways to ExecuJet
Graham Stephenson (Photo: PrivateFly)