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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Fractional start-up Bond has boosted its commitment for Bombardier aircraft under an agreement now valued at up to $5 billion and is planning to accelerate deliveries in 2027 to meet demand, the nascent company revealed Tuesday morning.
During NBAA-BACE in October 2025, Bond <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2025-10-14/bond-shake-not-stir-fractional-market-17b-bombardier">announced plans</a> to launch a fractional ownership model using a fleet of 50 Bombardier Globals and Challengers under a $1.7 billion firm order that included options for up to 70 more, which could push the value of the deal to $4 billion. That agreement included comprehensive aircraft services.
In a release this morning, Bond said it had “achieved oversubscription” in the first three months and has expanded that commitment with additional firm orders for four Globals and the exercise of 24 of its existing options for Global 8000s—with flexibility to convert them to Global 6500s.
Backed by a series of investors, including KKR, Bond is entering the fractional market with an aim to create an exclusive, personalized model that specializes in super-midsize to ultra-long-range jets. This includes offering fewer owners per aircraft, a members-only fleet, flight attendants on every flight, and premium interiors.
Bond did not detail plans for the initial accelerated deliveries but confirmed plans for the launch of operations in early 2027. To accommodate this, KKR increased Bond’s credit facility to $290 million, and the company separately has raised $150 million in equity through its founding membership program.
“Bond’s early momentum reflects the clear need they’re meeting in the market,” said Daniel Pietrzak, partner and global head of private credit at KKR.
“Our founding members aren’t passive buyers. They co-invested in the company because they believe this model should exist,” said Bond founder Bill Papariella. “When some of today’s most prolific entrepreneurs, investors, and entertainers put capital behind the operator, not just the aircraft, that tells you something about how underserved the premium end of this market has been.”

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