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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

Business aircraft activity in North America last month reached the highest level&nbsp;since February 2012, according to the latest report by market analyst Argus.&nbsp;The Argus July TraqPak Business Aircraft Activity report, which tracks IFR activity in the U.S. and Canada, shows flight activity in the sector in July up 3.7 percent over June and 5.6 percent over July 2014.

 


Fractional operations led the month-over-month increase, with a 7.1-percent gain overall.&nbsp;Fractional turboprop activity alone was up 25.8 percent over June. Part 135 operations followed closely behind with a 6.1-percent improvement.&nbsp;Part 91 operations posted a 1.5-percent increase.&nbsp;In general, turboprop activity increased 5.2 percent, marking the fifth consecutive monthly improvement in that aircraft segment.&nbsp;Likewise small and midsize business jet activity improved 4.4 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively.&nbsp;Large business jets, however, marked the only decline month-over-month, down 0.4 percent.

 


When compared with July 2014, fractional, Part 135 and Part 91 operations were all improved.&nbsp;The fractional market showed its first year-over-year increase (2.8 percent) since November 2014.&nbsp;Part 135 activity showed the greatest increase over last year at 9.6 percent.&nbsp;As in the monthly comparison, turboprops marked the greatest improvement, up 7.6 percent. Large-cabin aircraft, which declined in the month-over-month comparison, were up year-over-year by 7 percent.&nbsp;Argus expects the improvements to spill into this month, estimating a 4-percent increase in year-over-year flight activity overall.

 


Argus assembles its data by logging serial-number-specific aircraft arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S. and&nbsp;Canada.

Argus: July Activity Reaches Highest Level in  3 Years

Fractional turboprop flights lead rebound in July with 25.8 percent jump.

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