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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Vista Global reported a record first quarter with “high” double-digit revenue growth and a 55 percent year-over-year jump in its VistaJet program subscription hours sold. Noting that the momentum of 2022 carried into 2023, VistaJet sold about 9,000 gross annual hours under its membership program in the quarter.
The U.S. market led this growth with program annual hours sold in the quarter doubled from a year ago, Vista said. In addition, Vista saw a 50 percent increase in the Middle East market, which was the second-strongest region for new clients. More than 50 percent of its hours sold in the quarter were to existing clients, particularly in Europe and Asia, the international operator said, adding this demonstrates the strength and endurance of its product.
Vista credited its 2022 acquisition strategy—which saw the additions of Air Hamburg in Europe and Jet Edge in the U.S.—with helping to sustain the group’s growth.&nbsp;In addition, Vista has been investing in a fleet refurbishment with more than 200 membership aircraft now outfitted to the silver and red interior standards, the company said.
Vista further shored up its financial footing with a $500 million five-year senior unsecured bond executed on May 1. The bond offer was “two times oversubscribed,” Vista noted, saying it attracted strong interest from institutional investors and pension funds.
“As a group, we have delivered a very strong Q1 performance and continued to build on the great momentum of 2022,” said Vista founder and chairman Thomas Flohr. “Across all markets, we continue to see unprecedented levels of demand from existing and new members, with many more hours being sold to existing members as well as a large number of new clients asking to join

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