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

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

Global business-aircraft flight hours climbed by 1.2 percent last year, with on-demand charter helping drive the gains, according to the latest Jet Support Services (JSSI) Business Aviation Index. JSSI, which tracks business aircraft flight hours by region, industry and cabin type, found flight hours grew at a slower pace by industry than the last few years, but real estate flying still improved 4.1 percent and the aviation-industry sector was up 4.4 percent. Other sectors, however, were down, including manufacturing (-13.7 percent) and construction (-6.9 percent).

 


“While the pace of the U.S. economic recovery gained steam, an economic slowdown throughout the world certainly had an impact on flight hours,” said JSSI president and CEO Neil Book. “There were still some bright spots worth noting, where we saw solid growth in the real estate industry and business jet charter.”

 


Regionally, Europe and the Middle East led the growth in business aviation flight hours last year, each climbing 9.1 percent, while South America followed at 5 percent and North America edged up 0.1 percent. These gains offset declines in Asia-Pacific, Central America and Africa.

 


Large-cabin-jet flight hours were up 4.6 percent year-over-year, but midsize and light-jet activity was slightly down.

 


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Global Business Aircraft Flying Edged Up Last Year

Charters, real estate flights lead gains, with growth coming in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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