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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Business aviation flight activity in the North American and European markets continued a downward trend in July but flourished so much in other parts of the world that operations ended up 0.9% globally year over year (YOY), according to the latest report from Argus International. Argus TraqPak data shows North American activity slid by 0.3% YOY while in Europe, flights were down 6.2%.
In North America, turboprop flying ended on the positive side, up 1.1%, thanks to a 7% gain in fractional flying and a 4.7% increase in Part 135 flights in that aircraft category. Likewise, mid-cabin flights strengthened by 2.8% as fractional flights surged by 13.9% with those aircraft. However, flight activity involving large cabins plunged 8.9% YOY, and small cabins dipped by 0.5%, even though fractional flying was up 7.1% and 16.5% in those aircraft categories, respectively.
Fractional activity in North America was up 13.5%, but Part 91 flights declined by 4.3%. Charter activity appears to be leveling after a series of YOY declines, down just 1.1% in July.
"While the industry was mostly status quo, it is worth noting that Charter activity narrowed its losses during the month, with the segment managing to produce a gain in turboprop flying,” said Travis Kuhn, senior v-p of software for Argus. “Large cabin activity was by far the biggest question mark of the month with a large decline in Part 91 and Part 135 flying for the category.”
Even with the Olympics beginning in July, European activity fell, primarily from a 15.6% YOY slide with turboprop flights and an 8.7% drop involving large-cabin jets. Midsize-cabin operations also were down by 1.2%, but small cabins inched up 0.6% in the month.
As for the rest of the world, business aircraft flights were up YOY by 26.1% in July, thanks to a 45.9% jump in turboprop operations and 22% in midsize cabin activity. Small-cabin flights also were up by 16.7% and large cabins were relatively stable at 1% in July, YOY.
“Looking ahead, we anticipate August to look pretty similar to July with a slight decrease from August 2024,” Kuhn noted. Argus forecasted flights this month to decline by 0.5% in North America and 0.4% in Europe.

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