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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Palm Springs, California-based Desert Jet has brought business aviation veteran Jared Fox on board as its new CEO as founder and current CEO Denise Wilson transitions to chairperson of the parent company, Desert Jet Holdings.

 


Wilson founded Desert Jet in 2007 originally as an aircraft management company. Since then, Desert Jet has obtained a Part 135 certification, opened the Desert Jet Center FBO, and last year earned Part 145 certification. It further is nearly completed with the development of a new FBO and headquarters facility.

 


The shift to chairperson will enable Wilson to focus on strategic growth, including acquisition opportunities, the company said. “Now that we are preparing to open the Desert Jet Center terminal, the time is right for me to announce my successor in leading Desert Jet,” she said. “I’m thrilled to have Jared Fox come onboard as Desert Jet’s new CEO.”

 


Fox, to take the CEO role effective August 1, will steer the charter, aircraft maintenance, and FBO businesses. He brings more than 20 years of broad experience in business and general aviation, most recently as a regional sales manager for Epic Aviation. He has also led business development for TWC Aviation, served as a vice president for Corporate Aviation LLC, and been an airport manager for American Airports Corp.

Desert Jet Founder Wilson Transitions to Chairperson

Jared Fox will take the role of CEO as Wilson transitions to new role.

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