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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Global business aircraft flight activity climbed 3.7% year over year (YOY) in July, with the North America region alone matching that gain, according to the latest TraqPak report from industry analyst Argus International. Europe, meanwhile, experienced its third consecutive YOY increase in July, up 1.8%.&nbsp;With that momentum, Argus expects flight activity this month in North America to be up 2% and in Europe by 0.2% YOY.
“July activity continues to show a very strong market for business aviation in North America and beyond,” said Travis Kuhn, senior v-p of software at Argus. “Normally, we see a slowdown in traditional business jet travel in August, and we expect that again this year. We still expect activity to gain on a macro level, but when we correct for holiday impacts, we should see activity decline slightly in August.”
Kuhn added that the industry is well-positioned for a busy fall and holiday season.
In North America during July, all operational categories saw gains, with fractionals continuing to lead the charge, up 8.6% YOY. Part 135 activity rose by 1.3%, while Part 91 flying increased by 3.7%, mirroring the global and North America-specific gains.
By aircraft category, light jets led for the third month in a row, rising 5.4% YOY in July, followed by turboprops, +4.4%; large jets, +4.3%; and midsize jets, +1.4%. The single biggest jump in individual segments came with large jet fractional operations, up 17.9%. All but one of the individual segments were positive, with Part 135 midsize-jet operations&nbsp;inching down by 1.9%.
In Europe, large-cabin jets notched the strongest improvement, up 6.6% YOY in July, followed by midsize jets at 3.4%. However, turboprop and light-jet activity were on the negative side, down by 3.5% and 1.3%, respectively.
Other regions of the world combine for a 5.5% increase, with light jets marking the most notable jump with an 18.4% increase. This was followed by large-cabin jets, which were up 7.9%. Midsize jets and turboprops came in with 2.3% and 2.1% improvements, respectively.

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