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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Claude Hurley, a former Transport Canada official and permanent representative of Canada to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, has taken the role of director of environment and flight operations for the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC).
In this position, Hurley will lead IBAC’s environmental initiatives, including efforts to raise awareness of sustainable aviation fuel and other measures to reduce business aviation’s environmental footprint. In addition, he will represent IBAC at key ICAO bodies that set standards and guidance on environmental and operational safety matters.
“We are honored to have Claude join the IBAC team," said IBAC director general Kurt Edwards. “Given his respected work at ICAO as Canada’s representative to the council and as an air navigation commissioner, his regulatory experience at Transport Canada, and his flying assignments around the world, he brings a depth of understanding of the environmental and operational complexities facing international business aviation.”
As the permanent representative of Canada to ICAO, Hurley has held key roles at the international body over the past nine years, including two terms as president of the Air Navigation Commission. He also worked on a range of environmental, safety, security, new entrants, and pandemic-related issues. A former officer and pilot in the Canadian Armed Forces, Hurley joined Transport Canada in 2010, leading aviation safety oversight teams.

ICAO Rep Claude Hurley Joins IBAC as Director of Environment and Flight Operations

Claud Hurley, a former Transport Canada official and permanent representative of Canada to the ICAO Council, joined IBAC.

IBAC Brings ICAO Rep Claude Hurley on Board

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