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 and general aviation airplane shipments appeared to have stabilized through the first three quarters, inching 1.7 percent upward to 1,532, but billings have still slid by 2.8 percent year-over-year, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported today. Meanwhile, rotorcraft shipments are showing signs of a turnaround this year, with shipments up 7.7 percent, to 661, and billings up 8.8 percent, to $2.7 billion.

 


Total fixed-wing shipments tracked by GAMA through the first nine months were up by 28 units.&nbsp;However, billings for the period were down $300 million, to $13.2 billion.&nbsp;This compares with $13.5 billion and $15.7 billion in the first nine months of 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 


Despite the dip in billings, business jet shipments through the first nine months climbed by 1.4 percent.&nbsp;Manufacturers handed over 434 business jets in the first three quarters versus 428 in the comparable period in 2016.

 


Deliveries of both pressurized and non-pressurized turboprops fell 2.1 percent through the first three quarters, to 374—marking the only drop of the three major aircraft categories (turboprops, pistons and business jets). Piston aircraft deliveries led the increases among the aircraft categories, rising 4 percent, to 724 units.

 


As for rotorcraft shipments, pistons have improved by 13.1 percent, with 190 delivered in the first three quarters, while turbines rose by 5.6 percent, to 471. Rotorcraft billings increased 8.8 percent, to $2.7 billion.

GAMA: Bizjet and Rotorcraft Shipments Rise in 3Q

Fixed-wing billings are down, despite slight increase in shipments, but rotorcraft are showing signs of a turnaround.

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