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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Nearly 20 organizations, including NBAA and NATA, are urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to retain Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations at international gateway airports, warning that removing them would have nationwide consequences.
Signed on by groups ranging from Airports Council International—North America and Airlines for America to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Retail Federation, the statement comes in the wake of threats from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to remove CBP from airports located in cities that honor “sanctuary” policies.
When asked about the idea during a recent House hearing, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he had not seen the proposal, but in general, “We should not shut down air travel in states that don’t agree with our politics.”
The proposal has generated widespread opposition from the travel industry, and the groups collectively said in their statement, “Any reduction in Customs and Border Protection operations at major U.S. gateway airports threatens to cause unnecessary chaos throughout the nation’s air transportation system.”
The statement further notes that international aviation networks are highly interconnected, and such a change would have a ripple effect throughout the country. “Airports and airlines rely on stable, predictable federal inspection services to keep people and commerce moving safely and efficiently,” the organizations said. “We urge DHS to avoid actions that would create unnecessary operational and economic consequences for communities nationwide.”

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