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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

The Virtual 2020 Business Aviation Global Sustainability Summit, scheduled for September 14 and 15, will feature participation from key Washington, D.C. figures, including House aviation subcommittee chairman Rick Larsen (D-Washington) and ranking Republican Garret Graves (Louisiana), the Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF Coalition) announced today. Also scheduled to address next week’s summit is acting U.S. undersecretary for transportation policy Joel Szabat.

 


Announced in August, <a href="https://www.bigmarker.com/series/virtual-2020-business-aviati/series_summit">the SAF Coalition-sponsored summit </a>replaces a live event originally slated in March in Washington, D.C., but that was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

 


The summit will address ways to accelerate the market for renewable jet fuels, including sessions reviewing the current SAF situation, short-term supply strategies from fuel providers, long-term regulatory perspectives, and operators' overview. Other participants include additional government officials, manufacturers, producers, providers/FBOs, and operators.

 


Next week's virtual summit will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday and 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Key House, DOT Leaders Addressing SAF Virtual Summit

House aviation subcommittee Chair Rick Larsen and Ranking Republican Garret Graves (Louisiana) are among leaders addressing in the Virtual SAF Summit.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Curt Epstein

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

The FBO at Hong Kong International Airport is now stocking SAF

HKBAC Brings Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Hong Kong

Hanneke Weitering

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Focus of research and development work will shift to ground-based testbed for thin wings

Boeing and NASA Shelve X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

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Through a Delta Air Lines deal, its charter customers can now book SAF anywhere

Wheels Up Adds SAF Option for Charter Customers

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Green Fuel Forward aims to spur demand for SAF

New Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative Targets APAC

Sarah Rose

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Program offers clients verifiable offsets

Tamarack Aerospace Launches Carbon Offset Option

Charles Alcock

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

FBOs in the UK, South Africa, and the U.S. are all now partly powered by solar energy

Airports , FBOs Tap Solar Power in Decarbonization Plans

Company exceeds 1.6 million tons of CO2 offset

Sentient Jet Updates Annual Sustainability Progress

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