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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Argus International and AerLogics are joining forces to offer a combined safety rating that establishes a new standard, the companies announced today. Under the strategic collaboration, the companies will combine Argus’ Platinum and Platinum Elite air charter rating systems with AerLogics’ AerStar Performance Rating.
The audit-based Argus ratings verify that operators have met high levels of safety, quality, and operational benchmarks. An operator must demonstrate a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement. AerLogics’ AerStar Performance Rating dives into safety monitoring. Under AerStar’s performance-based approach, real-time flight performance data is analyzed in context with key industry risk variables to provide actionable insights into how well operators are managing aircraft in-flight. The rating system is intended to provide a deeper understanding of operational behavior and risk mitigation.
Combined, the ratings provide a comprehensive approach from preflight safety validation to real-time in-flight performance monitoring.
“Bringing together the real-time monitoring of flight performance through the AerLogics AerStar rating and the Platinum and Platinum Elite audit brings forth a new level of understanding for passengers on jets,” said Argus president Mike McCready. “They can easily see what operators are performing the best in the industry.”
AerLogics president Rob Handley added, “By combining our real-time AerStar Performance Rating insights with Argus’ trusted audit framework, we’re giving the industry a powerful tool to measure, understand, and improve operator performance like never before.”

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