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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Senate lawmakers are setting aside up to $3.5 million in FAA funding to reimburse certain airports and service providers affected by disruptions surrounding Presidential temporary flight restrictions (TFR). Included in the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2019 transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations bill (S.3023), the measure is similar to language approved last month as part of the House FY’19 transportation funding bill.

 


The $3.5 million would reimburse “airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and providers of general aviation ground support services located at those airports closed during a TFR for any residence of the President that is designated or identified to be secured by the U.S. Secret Service.”

 


The measure calls for verification, but would cover both direct and incremental financial losses that occur when the airports are closed during the TFR. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has backed the provision, which would provide relief to airports such as Palm Beach County Park Airport (Lantana Airport) that essentially shut down during the TFRS.

 


While the measure would cover non-gateway airports near Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, the National Air Transportation Association is hoping to convince lawmakers to expand the applicability to include Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) and the affected businesses there as well. “While it is possible for general aviation aircraft to fly into and out of PBI during a Presidential TFR, the numerous restrictions render operations extremely difficult,” the association says, noting that businesses lose in excess of $1 million from the TFRs during peak season.

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Senate Bill Backs Airport Reimbursement for Trump Travel

The provision, similar to that in the House, would set aside up to $3.5 million for losses incurred during  certain presidential TFRs.

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