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

With the Covid-19 pandemic making in-person business aircraft transactions more difficult, at least a few companies have taken the sales process online with virtual auctions. Two such upcoming events include Assent Aeronautics’s November 19 auction and Global AVX’s on December 10.

 


Assent's auction this week will be staged at Jet Aviation at Dallas Love Field. In addition to Jet Aviation, Assent has partnered with Amstat, Jackson Walker, Controller, and Conklin &amp; de Decker for its auctions.

 


The November 19 event caps off Assent Aeronautics’s inaugural year with its Private Aircraft Auction House. In its first year, Assent Aeronautics said it has had more than $180 million in aircraft cross the auction block and an 85 percent closing rate. More than 90 aircraft have been consigned, it said. With these results, the Private Aircraft Auction House is planning further events on Feb. 4, May 20, Sept. 23, and Nov. 18, 2021.

 


Global AVX, meanwhile, is launching a dedicated aviation online auction platform with the first sale on December 10. The Dublin, Ireland firm said the auction is designed to fill a need for a global auction process and added that travel restrictions have spurred interest in online transactions. Hopkinson Aircraft Sales, which has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Calgary, Alberta, is the debut broker with a Citation Ultra up for bid.

 


Global AVX vets potential bidders and also works with qualified acquisition consultants on behalf of proposed purchasers. Bidders have access to the Global AVX secure data rooms to examine aircraft specifications and relevant documentation. Buyers remain anonymous and the auction is automated to ensure fair bidding.

Virtual Business Aircraft Auctions Gain Steam

Asset Aeronautics is planning its next auction on November 19, while Global AVX is hosting its debut virtual event on December 10.

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