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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Another recent report is forecasting strong growth for the global business jet market, forecasting a 42 percent jump in revenue value from $29.3 billion in 2021 to $42.7 billion by 2028. Vantage Market Research released the report on business jet market size and trends, anticipating a 6.3 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the forecast period through 2028.

 


That growth is attributed to rapid urbanization, technological advancement, and increased investments in developing countries, Vantage said.&nbsp;According to the forecast, the light business jet segment is expected to be the fastest-growing niche with an increase in the commercialization of air-taxi services.

 


In addition, the report sees a rebound in the Asia-Pacific market, particularly as that region experienced the highest CAGR overall with increased infrastructure investments anticipated in China, India, and Japan. Given the distances involved in the region, the forecast adds, there has been significant demand for the largest of business jets.

 


Vantage’s forecast is slightly more aggressive than a report <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-07-12/report-sees-40-bizjet-market-growth-through-2030">issued in July</a> by market intelligence researcher Market to Market predicting nearly a 40 percent jump in the business jet market, reaching almost $42 billion by the end of the decade.

Report: Bizjet Market Value To Jump 42% through 2028

Market research is seeing revenue value of the business jet market soaring from $29.3 billion in 2021 to $42.7 billion in 2028.

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