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

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Aviation technology and financial entrepreneur Asad Rahman has teamed up with veteran industry executive and former National Air Transportation Association executive v-p Ryan Waguespack to launch Jetquity, an international private investment house that backs the residual values of private jets.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">With offices in the U.S. and the Middle East, Jetquity is rolling out two plans: Protect Plus, for aircraft up to three years old, which protects a minimum of 80 percent of the residual value for five years, and Protect, for aircraft between three and 15 years old, which protects a maximum of 75 percent of the residual value for five years.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">“When you buy a business jet today, one of the concerns you may have...is what’s my aircraft going to be worth in a few years’ time,” explained Rahman, who previously founded London-based NeoJets and AR Jet Set Club. Under the programs, aircraft owners have an assurance of their aircraft’s value after five years.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">"With the current economic climate, the timing of the Protect Program couldn't be more apt," said Rahman, who is CEO of the new venture. "We've seen a remarkable demand for both our standard and bespoke programs. Our customers seek certainty and value, and this is precisely what our Protect Program delivers."<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Jetquity is backed by Middle East sovereign wealth funds, U.S. investment firms, and some of the largest family offices and was founded through the study of years of analytics surrounding the business aircraft market.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Rahman previously&nbsp;established a technology company to collect data on business aviation and identify key patterns of asset utilization versus valuation in the context of macroeconomic trends, he noted. Jetquity leverages&nbsp;that approach, which enables the company to more accurately assess values, even in a time of inflated pricing.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">He gave as an example the Gulfstream G650ER, which has a concentration of oil and gas buyers. The company can build in risks of its asset evaluations of the G650ER in part, taking into account the larger oil and gas market.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">“We can now build on top of that data and effectively create business aviation's first real fintech [financial technology] where we're able to take that data and use it to actually solve a problem,” Rahman told AIN.<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Enrolled aircraft must meet certain quality-of-care standards, and Jetquity has developed a selection of management companies that would meet those standards. “We want to drive quality and pedigree quality and management right into the market,” Rahman said, “so our owners see a higher end game of the value of the asset.”<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Waguespack, who is spearheading that end of the business as head of asset management, added, “We've been at the forefront of developing this program with a strong focus on not just meeting but exceeding expectations. By working alongside the industry’s leading players, we're creating a program that truly elevates the ownership experience, while simultaneously building value for our stakeholders."<o:p></o:p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 15pt; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-image: none; background-position: 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">While a new program, Jetquity had already built a backlog of 18 aircraft globally to enroll. “We've had such a surge of interest,” he said, “we’re kind of cherry-picking.”<o:p></o:p>

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