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

Improvements in the small-cabin market drove up the latest UBS Business Jet Market Index, the analyst firm said.&nbsp;The index, based on industry surveys, measures perceptions of market conditions on a scale of 0 to 100 with the higher values reflecting improving conditions.

 


The new index reached 34, a 10-percent jump from the previous survey and up from the low of 29 in May.&nbsp;The light business jet market showed the greatest improvement, up 34 percent from the previous survey.&nbsp;The large-cabin jet segment also improved, by 3 percent, but with an index of 28 it still trails the midsize jet index of 31. However, that ranking for midsize jets declined by 5 percent.

 


Fueling the improved index was a strengthening in a number of factors, including consumer interest (up 11 percent), pricing (up 14 percent) and willingness of dealers to increase inventory (up 9 percent).&nbsp;UBS saw customer interest jump 15 percent in North America and 25 percent in Europe, albeit the increase in Europe was over a low level in July.

 


The index revealed ongoing concerns about the weakness in emergency markets, with large-cabin business jets expected to be the most affected.

Latest UBS Index Paints Improving Bizjet Market Picture

Latest UBS Index increased 10 percent from the previous survey, led by small cabin market gains.

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