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 dipped 0.5 percent overall year-over-year in June in North America and the Caribbean as both Part 135 and 91 operations dropped, according to the latest Argus TrakPaq report.

 


Fractional activity marked the only increase in June, up 5 percent year-over-year. This was driven by a 7.9 percent gain in light-jet flights and 10.8 percent increase in midsize-jet operations, offsetting the 17.3 percent plunge in fractional operations involving large jets.

 


Meanwhile, Part 135 large-jet operations&nbsp;saw a 2.8 percent increase and midsize-jet operations a 1 percent increase. But this was not enough to overcome the 8.8 percent decline in Part 135 light-jet&nbsp;operations and the 0.4 percent slide in turboprop activity. Overall, Part 135 activity was down 1.6 percent in June, compared with June 2018. Part 91 activity was down 1.2 percent, with large-jet flights down 2.4 percent and midsize-jet activity sliding 3.9 percent. Part 91 light-jet operations, however, saw a 0.5 percent increase in June.

 


Taking into account all operational categories, midsize-jet activity was up 1.3 percent. All other aircraft categories were down year-over-year in June: large jets by 2 percent, light jets 1.9 percent, and turboprops 0.6 percent.

 


Despite the softer June, business aircraft operations are up 0.3 through the first six months of the year, and Argus forecasts a 1 percent increase in year-over-year activity this month.

Argus: Bizav Ops See Headwinds in North America in June

While down 0.5 percent in June, business aircraft operations are still up 0.3 percent through the first six months and are expected to be up in July.

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