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

Business aircraft traffic jumped 38.7 percent year-over-year in North America in August and is up 10 percent over the same month in 2019, according to the latest TraqPak report from Argus International. European flight activity climbed almost as much, by 36.4 percent over August 2020, while improving by 27.2 over July 2019, Argus added.

 


Flights in North America had cooled somewhat from July, down 1.8 percent, but August still marked the second-busiest month on record with just under 300,000 flights.

 


Fractional ownership operations in North America continued to see&nbsp;the largest surges, up 47.3 percent from August 2020 and 22.6 percent from August 2019. That, Argus said, further explains why fractional operators have suspended new sales. Part 91 activity, meanwhile, increased&nbsp;37.7 percent year-over-year, and Part 135 by 37 percent.

 


Large-cabin jet activity has come roaring back, up 51.8 percent over August 2020, while midsize jet use increased 48.2 percent. Light jets, which had driven a lot of the uptick through the pandemic, rose 36.4 percent and turboprops 27.3 percent.

 


In Europe, 88,000 flights were recorded in August, with large jet activity there also showing a significant jump, up 60.6 percent. Small cabin activity increased 30.2 percent, followed by midsize at 28.9 percent and turboprops at 27 percent.

 


TraqPak analysts estimated activity will increase 28.3 percent year-over-year in September and by 7 percent from 2019 in North America. Argus estimates European activity will edge up 6.1 percent year-over-year this month.

 


Activity in other parts of the world combined for a 15.3 percent increase, with turboprop flights showing the greatest gains at 23.3 percent.

August Marks Another Month of Bizav Flight Gains

Business aircraft traffic rose 38.7 percent in North America and 36.4 percent in Europe in August, Argus reports.

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