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

Business aircraft flight activity slowed globally in December, marking a 5 percent decrease from a year earlier. In addition, activity ebbed by 1.8 percent month-over-month, according to the latest TraqPak report from Argus International.
North America was a driver of the December traffic&nbsp;decline, falling 6.2 percent year-over-year and 2.7 percent from November. Even so, operations in the region were still 12.7 percent higher from pre-pandemic December 2019.
Part 91 activity in North America dipped 7.6 percent in December from a year earlier, while Part 135 operations declined 6.4 percent and fractional by 1.3 percent. As for December operations by aircraft type in the region, midsize jets&nbsp;saw the biggest decrease of 9.1 percent, followed by large-cabin jets,&nbsp;-5.7 percent; light jets,&nbsp;-5.5 percent; and turboprops,&nbsp;-3.7 percent.&nbsp;All aircraft types and operational categories saw declines except fractional light&nbsp;jet flying, which was up 4.2 percent last month.
Also driving the global decline last month were operations in Europe, which dropped 15.8 percent from a year earlier. As in North America, all jet categories were down, with large-cabins plunging by 36.6 percent year-over-year and midsize jets by 11.5 percent. Light jet&nbsp;operations fell by just one percentage point while turboprop activity was relatively flat,&nbsp;up 0.6 percent.
In the rest of the world (ROW), activity jumped by 10.5 percent as turboprops saw an increase of 13.8 percent and large-cabin jets by 27.6 percent in operations from the year earlier. Activity in the ROW&nbsp;has been up for four straight months, Argus reported.
As flights dipped overall in December, Argus expects a small rebound in North America this month, estimated at a 2.3 percent increase. Activity in Europe, however, is estimated to still be down 14.9 percent year-over-year.

Bizav Activity Slides in December, Argus Reports

Argus: business aircraft activity slowed by 5 percent globally in December, led by a 6.2 percent decline i North America and 15.8 percent drop in Europe.

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