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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While still growing at a fairly slow pace, the business jet fleet in the Asia-Pacific region expanded by 1.5% last year to 1,168 aircraft, marking the strongest regional growth rate since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Asian Sky Group’s (ASG) newly released Business Jet Fleet Report for 2025.&nbsp;This increase reflected 40 new deliveries into the region and 77 preowned additions, offset by 100 aircraft deductions. Another 28 business jets moved bases within the region.
Even as Mainland China’s business jet fleet has slightly eroded, down six units year over year (YOY) at the end of 2025, to 243, the nation remains the largest market for the segment in Asia-Pacific. However, Greater China’s fleet overall eked out a one business jet gain last year, thanks to growth in Hong Kong.
Long-range business jets continue to rule the region, accounting for 30 of the 40 new deliveries in 2025. This category numbered 408 jets by year-end 2025, representing 34.9% of the total fleet. This highlights the need for intercontinental missions connecting Asia-Pacific with Europe and North America, ASG said.
Top-end ultra-long-range aircraft are multiplying, with the Bombardier Global 7500 fleet reaching 46 aircraft and the Gulfstream G700 fleet at a dozen by the end of 2025. The Gulfstream G650/ER is one of the most widely operated of the long-range models in Asia-Pacific, with the G650ER alone accounting for 98 aircraft.
Similarly, long-range aircraft activity was stronger in the preowned segment in Asia-Pacific. Eight Gulfstream G550s were added last year, as were six Falcon 7Xs and four Legacy 600s.
Demand was stable, but growth was limited for medium, light, and very light jets, ASG reported. All of those categories slightly declined YOY, with the Pilatus PC-24 the lone exception. That fleet totaled 25 aircraft by year-end.
“Overall, the data points to a market increasingly shaped by long-range upgrades and replacement activity rather than broad-based growth across all size categories,” ASG said. &nbsp;
By OEM, Bombardier has had the largest base in the region with 311 aircraft at year’s end, followed by Gulfstream with 292 and Textron Aviation with 287. Gulfstream, however, had the most new deliveries into the region in 2025 at 19, valued at $1.17 billion, according to ASG. Bombardier followed with 12 valued at $830 million.
After China, Australia was the second-largest market, with 218 aircraft. Conversely, its fleet primarily comprises light and very light jets for domestic and regional operations. India was the strongest growth driver: its fleet increased by 20 aircraft to 188, making it the third-largest market in the region.
South Asia’s fleet increased by 19 aircraft, but Southeast Asia’s fleet declined by eight aircraft to 279 in 2025.

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