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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

Global flight activity cooled by 1.5 percent month-over-month in September but was strong enough to remain 37.2 percent higher than in the same month in 2020, according to Argus International’s Market Intelligence TraqPak report for September. Flights were flat month-over-month in North America, but a 35.9 percent yearly gain nevertheless made it one of the strongest months on record. At the same time, Europe posted a stronger jump in operations in September, up 54.9 percent from a year ago, Argus reported.

 


Argus expects the upward trends to continue this month, with flight activity 31.5 percent above 2020’s level and 11.8 percent above&nbsp;2019's in North America. Meanwhile, European activity is forecast to surge by 62.2 percent year-over-year from September 2020.

 


Also releasing its fourth-quarter/holiday forecast, Argus expects the year to end strong, up 30.5 percent from fourth-quarter 2020 and up 10.7 percent over the same period in 2019 in North America.

 


Argus tracked just under 300,000 business aviation flights in North America in September, the second month in a row that activity has reached that level. September’s activity in the region was up 14 percent from September 2019. All operational categories improved year-over-year, with fractional operations leading the way with a 42.2 percent gain, followed by Part 91 at 35 percent and Part 135 at 34.8 percent.

 


Large jets enjoyed the biggest year-over-year jump in North America—54.2 percent—followed by midsize cabins at 48.1 percent, small cabins at 33.9 percent, and turboprops at 20.3 percent.

 


Compared with August, North American activity was down 0.9 percent with Part 91, the only sector to log a month-over-month increase, up&nbsp;2.5 percent.

 


More than 87,000 business aviation flights were posted in Europe in September and aircraft in all categories flew more. Large-cabin jets marked an 81.6 percent surge from a year earlier, while midsize-cabin operations were up 54.4 percent and flights by small-cabin aircraft were&nbsp;up 55.5 percent. Turboprop operations showed&nbsp;a 31.6 percent improvement. Month-over-month, though, operations were down 1 percent overall in Europe.

 


The remaining regions combined for 33,000 business aviation flights, showing a third consecutive month-over-month cooling&nbsp;but also a 19.4 percent improvement from September 2020.

Bizav Ops Slowed from August but Still Surging 

Argus reported that bizav flights approached 300,000 again in North America in September market another near record, even as activity slowed from August.

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