Kerry Lynch
Editor, AIN monthly magazine
Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the Aviation International News monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with AIN for eight years. She joined AIN 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 HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the Show News staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for Business & Commercial Aviation and Overhaul & Maintenance 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.
Latest from Kerry Lynch
Aircraft
Cessna Selects Hemisphere Suppliers, Boosts Longitude
The company is showing both aircraft at NBAA.
Maintenance and Modifications
API, FlexSys Venture Taps Possibilities of Morphing Wing
Aviation Partners is bringing 15-foot demonstrator to NBAA Convention to display multiple applications of FlexFoil wing morphing.
Avionics
Habco Becomes Approved Supplier of Tooling for PW&C Engines
Agreement covers the spectrum of P&WC engines.
Avionics
CMC Debuts New EFB, GPS Sensor
The EFB now has look of tablet but with aviation-grade technology, while GPS sensor adds GBAS approach capabilities.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Expanding Support Capacity, Capabilities, Workforce
The company is tripling its size at Fort Lauderdale, adding two more customer support trucks.
Maintenance and Modifications
JSSI Reaching Record Sales with New, Expanded Services
JSSI’s Parts business is moving into whole aircraft acquisition.
Safety
Baldwin Aviation Rolls Out Automated Safety Risk Profile
QuickRisk Safety Profile is among a number of initiatives underway as Baldwin expands safety-information sharing efforts.
Accidents
FSF Highlights Need for Safety Data Sharing in Bizav
FSF’s GSIP crosses both air transport and bizav because they share many of the same challenges.
Maintenance and Modifications
GlobalParts.aero Eyes Growth with Learjet Business
The company has shipped 25,000 Learjet-specific parts in the first year alone.
FSI Sues for Damages in King Air Crash
The lawsuit lists numerous companies involved with the manufacture and support of the aircraft, among other interested parties.
Training and Workforce
CAE Bringing NextGen to Bizav Training
CAE’s Next Generation Training System is part of several initiatives underway to cement the company’s position in the training market.
Amstat: Pre-Owned Bizjet Market Weakens in 2016
Transactions are slowing, prices are dipping and inventories are increasing.
Maintenance and Modifications
Western Aero Folds American Jet into Company Portfolio
Michael Saso sold American Jet after 45 years with the company.
Maintenance and Modifications
Able Help Desk To Provide After-hours AOG Support
The expanded services comes less than a year after Textron acquired the company.
Regulations and Government
East Hampton Sends Criminal Summonses to Operators
The town has begun enforcing an 18-month-old noise ordinance that is under challenge before FAA and the courts.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Rockwell Collins Strikes $8.3 Billion Deal for B/E
Combined entity would employ 30,000 workers, produce $8.1 billion in revenues and offer a spectrum of cabin and cockpit offerings.
Bombardier To Lay Off 7,500 More Workers
Some reductions will be offset by "strategic" hiring in programs such as the CSeries and Global 7000.
Airports
Santa Monica To Detail FBO Plans, Response to 'Threats'
The city retained Aeroplex to develop a plan for a new city-run FBO.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Aurora Demonstrates Automation Aboard Caravan
The Alias system is designed to reduce cockpit workload by conducting the functions of a second pilot.
Maintenance and Modifications
U.S. Government Eases Access for Aircraft Mx in Cuba
ARSA praised change as putting safety in front of politics.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Centers Have New Message: Help Wanted
Company hopes to hire more than 200 technicians, engineers and other workers for its Business Aircraft service centers.
Accidents
NTSB Faults Crew 'Mismanagement' in Akron Hawker Crash
NTSB recommended FAA require flight data monitoring programs and safety management systems for all Part 135 operators.
Airports
NBAA, AOPA Urge FAA To Take Quick Action To Save SMO
Bolen, Baker say the FAA needs to halt the city's strangulation strategy at the airport.
AOPA, GAMA Ask Supreme Court To Hear Case
The associations fear the case could pave the way for juries to set aircraft design standards at the state level.
Flying To Cuba Still Restricted, But Easier
Landing permits were once a ‘hair-raising’ experience, but now exponentially more efficient, operators find.
Aircraft
Piaggio Hands Over First Evo from Villanova d'Albenga
The delivery occurred about a year after Piaggio moved aircraft production from Genoa to the new plant.
Aircraft
Brazil OKs Line of Fusion-equipped King Airs
Beechcraft expects to hand over the first Fusion-equipped King Air, a 250, to a customer in the region imminently.
Airlines
Airlines Must Prove Long-Term Profitability, CEOs Agree
Wall Street remains wary of ability of carriers to ride out turbulent economic times
Regulations and Government
Changes Coming to Capitol Hill, but Same Issues Will Loom
Senate control is up for grabs and key lawmakers are at risk for losing their seats.
