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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Triumph Group completed its deal with Spirit AeroSystems to <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2014-12-11/spirit-sheds-gulfstream-wing-work">take over production of the Gulfstream G650 and G280 wing programs</a> in Tulsa, Okla. Under an agreement announced in December, Spirit paid Triumph $160 million in cash and assets necessary to assume the Gulfstream wing work. Triumph will continue to produce the wing assemblies in Tulsa, operating the program as Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division.

 



 
	The program had been costly for Spirit, and it had long sought a buyer for much of its Tulsa work, having burned close to $300 million on the Gulfstream wing programs over the past two years, according to J.P.Morgan analyst Joseph Nadol III.

 



 
	The $160 million is expected to cover the immediate costs of the programs over the next three years, improving the long-term profitability potential for Triumph, which ultimately expects its operating efficiencies to shave costs. Triumph estimates the transfer will add about $250 million to its annual revenue. Triumph president and CEO Jeffry Frisby said the additional wing work strengthens the company’s position as a tier-one supplier and improves its customer balance and platform diversity within its aerostructures segment.

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