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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Aircraft transaction and brokerage specialist JetHQ has bolstered its international team with additions to head up two newly created divisions covering Asia and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

 


Rohit Kapur joins JetHQ to serve as president of JetHQ Asia. Kapur, who founded Arrow Aircraft, previously spent 20 years flying helicopters in the Indian Army before moving into civil aviation in 2003.&nbsp;He since has held leadership roles including as CEO of Indocopters, supporting Airbus Helicopters sales before founding Arrow Aircraft in 2010. He also helped found the Business Aircraft Operators Association in India.

 


Meanwhile, JetHQ promoted Rebecca Johnson to president of JetHQ EMEA. Johnson previously was v-p of sales for the firm and has managed European aircraft transactions for 15 years. Before joining JetHQ, she led Gulfstream sales in southern Europe. She also has served as a Hawker Beechcraft demonstration pilot and a corporate pilot.

 


JetHQ further added Kani Saritas as v-p of sales in the Dubai office. Saritas, who brings 15 years of service to his new role, will have responsibilities for sales in the Middle East and Africa. He formerly was senior director of regional sales for Jet Aviation.

 


JetHQ founder and managing director Garett Jerde said the executives bring “great insights gained from hundreds of transactions and thousands of flight hours to identify and meet our customers’ needs.”

JetHQ Expands International Teams

JetHQ appointed heads for newly created divisions covering Asia and the EMEA regions.

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