Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2023, Boynton held marketing, communications, and PR roles for Massachusetts-based non-profits, culminating as Director of Content for a land conservation organization. Prior to those positions Boynton was Executive Producer-Digital for a Baltimore TV station. She began her career as an Editor with Air Transport World and SpeedNews, and was named Best Young Journalist at the 2012 Aerospace Media Awards.
Boynton graduated from McDaniel College with a B.A. in Communications and English.
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