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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Ali Al Naqbi, the founding chairman of the Middle East &amp; North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), is retiring from his government post of vice president of finance and administration at Presidential Flight in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The move frees him to dedicate his time to MEBAA. 

 


Al Naqbi retires after 25 years of service, during which Presidential transitioned from Private Flight to Amiri Flight and ultimately to its current organization. A founding member of Presidential, he has steered the range of its head-of-state transportation operations, from aircraft acquisition, completion, facilities creation/maintenance, logistics, risk management and aircraft financing.

 


In addition to Presidential Flight, he also founded Royal Jet in 2003 and served as its managing director for three years. In 2006, he turned his attention to advocacy, founding MEBAA. Established with 16 members, the organization now has 235 members and has hosted six MEBAA conferences. “Although he will be missed as a colleague and a friend, it is comforting to know that his determination and dedication is devoted to improving the business aviation industry through MEBAA,” said Presidential Flight CEO Nadir Ahmed Al Hammadi.

Al Naqbi Retiring from Presidential Flight Post

Retirement will enable him to dedicate time to the Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association.

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