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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Business aviation digital platform Tuvoli logged $100 million in air charter bookings last month, pacing it for a $1.2 billion annualized run rate. Tuvoli estimated that the bookings made through its platform equate to one departure every 11 minutes, marking a record for the company that was founded in 2019.
With a goal of $2 billion in such transactions this year alone, Tuvoli reported that it has surpassed $3 billion in lifetime bookings. The company ranked 186th in the Inc. 5000 2025 list of fastest-growing private companies in America, topping 2,000% growth during the ranking period.
Tuvoli CEO Greg Johnson called the March results “a meaningful inflection point” for the platform. “Crossing $100 million in a single month demonstrates that operators and brokers are not just trying Tuvoli—they’re relying on it to run real volume,” he said. “This success underscores the escalating trend towards digitalization in private aviation.”
Tuvoli’s platform enables charter brokers and operators to manage the charter sales process, from quote to payment, in a single location. “The combination of real-time availability and integrated instant payments offers brokers and operators crucial time advantages,” Johnson maintained.
The company is building on its technology capabilities with plans to formally launch a Global Distribution System (GDS) for private aviation by the end of May. GDS will connect brokers and operators, similar to the distributions of Sabre and Amadeus. This automates processes that are still largely manual and fragmented with phone calls, emails, and other quoting means, Tuvoli noted.
Tuvoli calls its GDS the next evolution of its technologies that serve both sides of the charter market. "Because&nbsp;both operators and brokers are already running their businesses on Tuvoli, we're uniquely positioned to connect them—giving brokers real-time access to operator inventory, including empty legs and positioning flights, directly within the platform they already use every day. No other company in private aviation has both sides on a single system to make this possible."
Tuvoli expects GDS to launch with significant existing transaction volume and active participation. “What makes this different is that the network is already active,” said Johnson. “We’re not launching an idea—we’re formalizing behavior that’s already happening at scale.”

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