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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Kerry Lynch

The Air Charter Association (ACA) has begun a search for a new CEO to replace Dave Edwards, who is stepping down to resume his commercial business activities on a full-time basis. Edwards, who maintains various consultancy interests, had taken the role of CEO part-time in 2017 to help steer the association through its rapid growth.

 


ACA’s membership has more than doubled since 2000, and under Edwards’s stewardship the association rebranded to reflect its widening reach. Also during that time, the association celebrated its 70th anniversary and expanded its effort to combat illegal charter.

 


“The Air Charter Association has taken enormous strides in how it serves and represents its global membership since Dave took on the CEO position,” said chairman Kevin Ducksbury. “He has done an outstanding job in representing our industry to governments and regulators, in helping fight illegal charter, in championing best practice, and in encouraging the next generation of talent to join our ranks.”

 


However, as the association has expanded, the CEO workload has increased considerably, Ducksbury added. “Dave has informed us that it’s time for him to return full time to the commercial world, and we are therefore inviting applications from suitably qualified leaders who are excited about leading the association into the next phase of its growth,” he said.

 


The association hopes to have in place a new CEO by year-end.

ACA Searching for CEO with Planned Departure of Edwards

Dave Edwards is stepping down from his role as part-time CEO of the Air Charter Association to pursue his businesses activities full-time.

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