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

Key business jet industry metrics are pointing to a further weakening of the market globally and suggest business conditions continue to head toward new post-recession lows, according to the latest UBS Business Jet Market Index, released today. UBS created the market index to track changes in market conditions based on surveys measuring customer interest, pricing, 12-month outlook, inventory and willingness to increase inventory.

 


The index, which in December reached its lowest point since late 2009, fell another 11 percent, returning to the levels tracked in 2008 and 2009, UBS reported. The large-cabin market index came in the weakest and had eroded 11 percent from the previous index. The midsize cabin index fell the least, at 7 percent. While the small-cabin index remained the strongest, it was still down 15 percent from the previous survey.

 


Customer interest remained strongest in North America, but had softened 13 percent, according to the survey. Nearly two-thirds of the survey respondents cited weakness in emerging markets and currency devaluation in their market outlook, and three-quarters of the respondents believe those factors affect the large-cabin jet business in particular.

UBS Bizjet Market Index Continues To Decline

The latest index, measuring changes in market conditions, has returned to levels tracked in 2008 and 2009.

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