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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Honda Aircraft has appointed Straight Flight as an authorized service center (ASC) for HondaJet aircraft based in the Rocky Mountain region, which includes Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.&nbsp;Located at Denver Centennial Airport (KAPA), Straight Flight has more than 30 years of aircraft maintenance experience, operating from facilities that span 55,000 sq ft of hangar space and 20,000 sq ft of back-shop and support areas. The MRO has a staff of 50 to maintain a high volume of aircraft work, Honda Aircraft noted.
Joining a network of 21 HondaJet ASCs throughout North and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, Straight Flight is taking over the territory previously handled by Elevate Aviation. Honda Aircraft’s service center agreement with Elevate ended this month.
In the U.S., other HondaJet ASCs include the Honda Aircraft Service Center, Des Moines Flying Service, Hillsboro Aviation, Banyan Air Service, Cutter Aviation, and Mather Aviation.
“We are confident that this move will serve to strengthen our global service network and enhance the HondaJet customer experience. We look forward to working with Straight Flight for many years to come,” said Honda Aircraft senior v-p and chief commercial officer Amod Kelkar.

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Honda Aircraft added Straight Flight as its authorized service center in the Rocky Mountain region, taking over a territory formerly held by Elevate Aviation.

Straight Flight Joins HondaJet-authorized Center Network

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