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

North American business aircraft flight activity is still posting year-over-year&nbsp;increases, but the gains&nbsp;slowed to 1.9 percent in June and are on track to shrink to 0.1 percent&nbsp;this month, according to the latest Argus International Aircraft Activity Report.&nbsp;

 


Part 91 activity in North America marked the strongest improvement in June, up 6.1 percent in North America with all aircraft segments logging increases. In Part 91, large-cabin activity was up the most in June, rising 10.2 percent year-over-year.

 


However, Part 135 activity was down in June by 3.4 percent, with midsize-cabin activity dipping by 4.4 percent, followed by small-cabin activity declines of 3.8 percent. Fractional activity remained up at 3.5 percent despite a 13.7 percent drop involving large-cabin jets in the segment. Fractional turboprop flights further slid 8.1 percent but small-cabin jet fractional activity increased 7.1 percent in North America in June.

 


Globally, flight activity was up 8.3 percent year-over-year driven by the 31.6 percent jump in flight activity in Europe in June. Large-cabin jets, in particular, had a busy month in Europe, flying 56 percent more than in June 2021.&nbsp;This was followed by midsize-cabin jets at 24.9 percent and small-cabin jets at 24.7 percent. Turboprop activity in the region was also up by 21 percent.

 


The rest of the world saw a 6.6 percent increase in business aviation flights in June, compared with a year earlier. Turboprops led the increases at 23.8 percent, while midsize cabin business jet flight activity was down 15.9 percent during the month.

Argus: Bizav Flight Gains Narrow in North America

Globally, business aviation is still posting fight activity gains but the delta is shrinking in North America where charter flights dipped yoy, Argus says.

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