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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Business jet manufacturers are poised to deliver about 870 aircraft in 2026, marking a 2.8% increase over the 846 counted in 2025, according to data specialist Cirium. Releasing its 2026 Business Jet Delivery Forecast, Cirium noted that growth follows an 11% increase in deliveries from 2024.
Meanwhile, Cirium revised its forecast upward through 2045 by 3%, or nearly 600 business jets, to 18,000 deliveries worth $584 billion. Long-range and light jet segments are each anticipated to account for 28% of the deliveries over the 20-year span. While rivals on a unit delivery basis, the long-range segment will have an outsized share of value, accounting for 62% of the total, Cirium forecasts.
Gulfstream Aerospace and Bombardier will drive the dollar volume, while Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation line is anticipated to lead in unit deliveries, followed by Gulfstream and Embraer.
As for the bump in the long-term forecast, Cirium cited an upward adjustment of 13% to the light segment compared with the 2025 forecast. It also factored in new aircraft types on the horizon, such as the Honda Aircraft HondaJet Echelon, Dassault Falcon 10X, and Gulfstream G300.
Despite the higher forecast, Cirium anticipates that the industry will stay below 1,000 annual deliveries over the next 10 years.

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