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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The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yesterday voted unanimously to approve Sean Duffy for the role of transportation secretary, clearing the nomination for consideration on the Senate floor. With a vote of 28-0, the Duffy nomination sailed through the committee during a session that lasted a little more than 10 minutes. The move comes just one week after his <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-01-15/sean-duffy-receives-bipartisan-support-dot-post">nomination hearing</a>.
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called Duffy a “consensus-driven leader” who is prepared to meet the challenges with the Department of Transportation at a pivotal moment. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) added, “Duffy received a tough but fair questioning from many members” and noted that he has committed to her that infrastructure funding decisions would be free from political interference under his leadership.
The only other member giving a full statement during Wednesday’s session was Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), who reiterated her earlier praise about his collaboration on a bridge project that linked Minnesota and Wisconsin but required congressional intervention.
Several Commerce Committee members had previously worked with Duffy while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. Most recently, he has co-hosted Fox Business show “The Bottom Line with Dagen and Duffy.”

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