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 business jet market shows signs of slightly weakening, according to UBS’s latest Business Jet Market Index.&nbsp;The index, which measures market strength based on business aviation and financial industry surveys, dipped 4 percent from the previous survey, coming in just below the break-even level at 49.


UBS noted the survey had remained around the break-even measurement of 50 since it bounced up late last year. “This move is beginning to resemble the false start that we saw in late 2014/early 2015,” the analyst said.


The market for small-cabin aircraft leads the index at 52, but that is down by 6 percent from last month. The midsize-cabin market measured at 49, while the large-cabin sector was the weakest, measured at 46.


While customer interest appears lower, it is “still near post-crisis peak,” UBS notes. Factors contributing to the softened results include a limited willingness on the part of dealers to increase inventory, weaker customer interest and lower pricing.&nbsp;However, these are offset by lower inventory levels, UBS said, and “our customer interest score…remains near its high since the financial crisis.”&nbsp;North America customers show the strongest interest, followed by Europe and Asia.

UBS: Customer Interest Still Solid, but Market Softer

The most recent UBS Business Jet Market Index fell just below the breakeven demarcation that would indicate a growing market.

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