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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Embraer had a strong sales year in its executive jets division but a $71.6 fourth-quarter impairment charge in the unit and charges associated with the Boeing joint venture helped contribute to a company-wide net loss of $322.3 million in 2019, company executives reported Thursday. This comes despite a leap in revenues from $5.07 billion in 2018 to $5.46 billion last year. Embraer Executive&nbsp;Jets was a strong contributor to this jump, experiencing a 26.5 percent increase on the year.

 


<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-02-19/praetor-twins-boost-embraer-bizjet-deliveries">The Brazilian manufacturer reached the top end of its 2019 guidance with 109 business jet deliveries</a> and, importantly, CFO Antonio Carlos Garcia noted that the company delivered all aircraft produced, meaning it did not carry white tails into 2020.&nbsp;Embraer capped the year with an agreement from Flexjet for a mix of 64 Phenoms and Praetors that are valued at $1.4 billion based on list prices. Backlog for the Executive Jet unit climbed to $1.4 billion, up from $800 million a year ago.

 


While Embraer said it has not received cancellations nor has its supply chain been notably slowed from the effects of the Covid-19 travel restrictions, the company is holding off providing guidance for 2020 until it has a better sense on the full ramifications of the crisis. The company already halted production for a little more than a week in Brazil as it sent its employees home with pay through the end of the month and is evaluating other and future steps.

 


Further, it has had discussions, primarily with airline customers, about potential deferrals on deliveries into next year. But CEO Francisco Gomes Neto added that the business jets side has seen less of an impact and the company in fact not only secured sales this past week but also made a couple of deliveries.

Embraer Bizjet Sales Surge in 2019, Deliveries Continue

Embraer Executive Jets revenues jumped 26.5 percent last year, but the company is withholding guidance for 2020 as it faces uncertainty surrounding Covid.

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