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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While the business aviation community works on a collaborative international approach to health management in operations, industry leaders are welcoming steps taken by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to outline principles and make recommendations for the restart and recovery of the global air transport system. ICAO on June 1 released <a href="https://www.icao.int/covid/cart/Pages/CART-Report---Executive-Summary.aspx">the Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART)</a> report providing global guidance for aviation sector recovery.

 


“We commend ICAO and the task force for developing these principles and recommendations to assist the restart and recovery of the air transport system,” said International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) director-general Kurt Edwards. “Although the report speaks mainly to scheduled air transport and large airports, we at IBAC…are pleased to note the report’s support for protecting people, working as one aviation system, ensuring essential connectivity, and strengthening public confidence using public health measures that work with the aviation system.”&nbsp;

 


The report comes as IBAC is working with a related ICAO initiative, the Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA), a joint effort of international aviation, government, and health organizations to develop coordinated and practical operational approaches during the pandemic.

 


“Through CAPSCA, we have expanded the concept of the Public Health Corridor (PHC) to include some critical operational needs of the business aviation sector, such as ferry flights, maintenance flights, and delivery flights to public sector owners,” Edwards said. “These are the types of operations that cannot be delayed and can be managed within the envelope of confidence provided by the PHC concept.”

 


General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO Pete Bunce agreed, praising the report and adding, “General and business aviation is working concurrently with similar health and safety protocols and is appreciative of the progress being made on Public Health Corridors. It is crucial that all sectors of the aviation industry work together to progress through the recovery process.”

ICAO Air Transport Recovery Report Draws Bizav Praise

As ICAO releases guidance for the recovery of the air transport system, bizav groups continue to collaborate on global health management in aviation ops.

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