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 recovery of business aviation operations in North America and the Caribbean has flattened out, remaining down year-over-year by 16.4 percent in November, according to the latest TraqPak report from Argus. The data analyst added that it expects&nbsp;activity&nbsp;to slide a bit further in December. TraqPak monitors flight number-specific arrival and departure information on all IFR flights in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.&nbsp;

 


All operational and aircraft categories experienced year-over-year declines in November with Part 91 large jet operations dropping the most, by 34 percent. Including all aircraft categories, Part 91 flights were down 24.1 percent. Part 135 and fractional operations fared better with decreases of 6.4 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively.

 


By aircraft category, light jet operations were down the least, by 11 percent year-over-year in November, with fractional light jets down just 1.6 percent. Counting all operational categories, flights of large aircraft were down the most, by 27.7 percent.

 


However, when compared with October 2020, large jets flown in Part 135 operations showed a modest 1.8 percent uptick. This was&nbsp;the only category to show improvement in the month-over-month comparisons. Fractional turboprop operations slid the most from October, down 22.7 percent.

 


Looking forward, Argus analysts anticipate operations will be down year-over-year overall by 18.5 percent in December.

Argus: Bizav Ops Continue Declines in November

Business aviation operations were down 16.4 percent year-over-year in November, representing a flattening of recovery, according to Argus.

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