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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

The International Business Aviation Council’s (IBAC) new Core safety program helps small aviation organizations manage risk. Unveiled this week at NBAA-BACE 2026, Core assists smaller operators, ground handlers, and maintenance and service providers in building a safety management foundation without audits, formal compliance reviews, or strict implementation timelines, IBAC said. It provides practical tools and step-by-step guidance on understanding, managing, and communicating daily risks.
“Building a strong management foundation is at the core of our industry’s resilience regardless of the team’s size or administrative resources,” said IBAC director general Kurt Edwards. “The Core framework provides small teams with a practical approach to risk at their own pace. Its supportive toolkit is designed to strengthen safety practices and team communication and can evolve with operations as they grow into formal safety systems over time.”
The Core platform includes flexible, team-paced risk flows for small-scale operations, a practical risk management framework with online guidance videos and tailored tools, a non-audit framework that focuses on hazard identification, and rolling deployment through IBAC member associations globally.
In other news this week, IBAC named four more industry partners, increasing that program to 10 organizations and expanding its global reach. Industry partners collaborate with IBAC to support its mission and advocate for global business aviation.&nbsp;
The latest partners are U.S.-based private aviation services company Solairus Aviation; aviation property developer Berthaphil Clark Freeport Aviation Properties, based in the Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines; business aviation international procedures training company Scott International Procedures; and Canadian aerospace consultant Crimson Air Services.

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

IBAC Core Program To Guide Small Operators on Risk Management

IBAC's industry partners program continues to grow

IBAC has a new program that helps small operators to manage daily risks without the need for an audit or formal compliance reviews.

IBAC Core Program To Guide Small Ops on Risk Management

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Jeremy Kariuki

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Program provides members with ongoing safety support

ACSF Launches Dedicated Member Safety Program

Matt Thurber

Designed to help small to midsize business aviation operations meet modern safety standards

ForeFlight Ties Safety Management to Flight-planning Data

Clients can access mental health services and child-specific medical assistance

MD Onboard Adds Pediatric Services, Psychology Support

Hanneke Weitering

Three people were hurt and about 100 evacuated after a test pack overheated

Battery Fire at Archer’s San Jose Lab Forces Evacuation

M-Class owners gathered in Colorado Springs for annual convention 

Piper PA-46 Owners Enjoy PMOPA Convention Benefits

Wyvern COO Andy Day is incoming chair of NBAA’s safety committee

Wyvern Pushing Safety as Hot Topic during NBAA-BACE

Julie Boatman

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

Runway overruns cut across aircraft types and crews

Changing the Gotta-land-it Mindset

Curt Epstein

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

NBAA-BACE 2026

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