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 percentage of pre-owned business jets available for sale in June dipped to the lowest point since the beginning of the “great recession,” according to the latest pre-owned aircraft report from JetNet. Inventories in June were down year-over-year across all segments: business jets and turboprops; turbine and piston helicopters; and jet and turboprop commercial airliners.

 


Business jet inventories led that decline, down 0.9 percent to 10.8 percent.&nbsp;This inventory is still the highest among all sectors, followed by business turboprops with an inventory in June of 7.6 percent of the in-service fleet. Across all segments, 6.1 percent of pre-owned aircraft are available.

 


In the first half of the year, the number of pre-owned business jet transactions increased 5.6 percent, but those aircraft took an average of 12 days longer to sell.&nbsp;Business turboprop transactions, however, decreased by 11.1 percent, but the aircraft sold in six fewer days. With 6.7 percent of turbine helicopters for sale, year-to-date transactions are up 0.3 percent. However, transactions for piston helicopters plummeted 17.3 percent in the first half of 2017 as the inventory slid to 5.6 percent.

 


In total 4,206 aircraft and helicopters sold in the first half of the year, with business jets leading the transactions at 1,299.&nbsp;Combined with 1,001 commercial jet transactions, they accounted for 55 percent of the total sales. The number of business jets in operation has increased by 2,215 over the past five years, almost double the 1,212 increase in business turboprops over the same period.

JetNet: Available Bizjet Inventories Reach Low Point

Business jets led all aircraft categories in number of transactions during the first half of 2017.

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