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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Kerry Lynch

Dassault Falcon deliveries more than doubled to 14 aircraft in the first half of this year, while&nbsp;and order intake&nbsp;surged by more than 50 percent to 41—net of canceled aircraft from Russia—the French airframer announced today.&nbsp;That was up&nbsp;from the six Falcon deliveries and net orders for 25 recorded in the first half of 2021. Combined with contracts brought in for 86 Rafael fighters, Dassault's&nbsp;order backlog in the first six months reached a company record of&nbsp;€16.3 billion.

 


Eric Trappier, Dassault Aviation's chairman and CEO,&nbsp;noted a buoyant business but also pointed to concerns stemming from supply chain and workforce constraints, and exacerbated by the&nbsp;Ukraine crisis. Trappier remarked that sales actually were higher than reported but the tally reflected the cancelation of deals with Russian customers.

 


Other concerns for the company include potential risks for electronic components due to tensions between China and Taiwan. Trappier&nbsp;also expressed concerns that difficulties remain with the pandemic.&nbsp; “We thought Covid was behind us,” he said, noting&nbsp;it was resurgent in several markets.

 


Trappier credited the strength of the market in the U.S. and Europe for the increased business with business jet traffic that exceeded 2019 levels and strong preowned business jet sales.&nbsp;Dassault is maintaining its guidance for 35 Falcon deliveries in 2022, he said, despite pressures it is facing with the supply chain.

Supply Chain, Covid Temper Buoyant Business at Dassault

Dassault delivered 14 aircraft and orders jumped to 41, despite cancelations from Russia, the French airframer reported.

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