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.

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Analyst Citi is anticipating that Gulfstream Aerospace will reveal a new product this year, and believes it likely will be an enhancement to its flagship G650.

 


In a recent report from Citi Aerospace &amp; Defense North America, the firm expressed its belief that Bombardier’s Global 7500&nbsp;has no real competition and has created a new market that is “clearly the go-to” for the biggest.&nbsp;Citi questioned whether this could push up 7500 pricing, which is also helped by a long backlog. At the same time, G650 pricing may soften, but the analyst doubted that would be significant. “It’s neither a disaster nor a surprise for Gulfstream. They’ve been around for decades and are good at managing supply.”

 


On the product development front, Citi added, “leap-frogging is common in this industry, so we expect a new product from GD this year.” Pointing to a possible G650 enhancement, Citi suggested such an initiative could have a larger fuselage, a new engine, updated cockpit, and maybe a new wing. Such changes would avoid cannibalizing the current G650&nbsp;but also ensure a quick path to service entry.

 


“There’s strong brand loyalty with Gulfstream, such that the 300-to-400 G650s in service provides fertile ground for new buyers of whatever comes next,” Citi said. “The 7500 backlog and the large G650/Globals installed base suggest there are going to be buyers for more, bigger aircraft down the line.”

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