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

Transactions of preowned single- and multi-engine turbine helicopters surpassed 2019 and 2020 levels last year, with singles seeing more consistent year-over-year improvements and multi-engine aircraft experiencing upward pricing, according to industry data analyst Amstat.
In its report on the turbine helicopter market released Tuesday, Amstat said preowned single-engine transactions in 2021 beat the 2020 activity by 25 percent and 2019 by 30 percent. Last year, transactions in this segment were up year-over-year in every month except January. Newer helicopter turbine singles—those younger than 10 years—by far outpaced their older counterparts, showing a 70 percent leap in transactional growth.
Preowned multi-engine turbine helicopters, meanwhile, enjoyed a 27 percent bounce last year over 2020 transactions and 12 percent over 2019. Amstat, however, noted that the monthly transaction performance was more up and down and activity in the fourth quarter was actually down year-over-year by 11 percent. Middle-aged helicopters (11-20 years) saw the greatest growth, up 48 percent from 2020.
Available turbine-single helicopter inventories peaked in early 2021 and have been shrinking since, with availability down across all segments. The newer segment is down 47 percent year-over-year. Multi-engine inventories have continued their downward slope, maintaining a trend that began in 2016. Inventories are down across all age segments, with newer available helicopters 33 percent lower year-over-year.
Pricing has been uneven, peaking in early 2021 for single-engine helicopters but since falling to a 5 percent year-over-year drop, Amstat said. Conversely, multis have enjoyed a 15 percent year-over-year increase.

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Amstat: Preowned Helicopter Sales Outpace 2019, 2020

Single-engine turbine helicopter transactions saw the biggest and most consistent increases in 2021, while multi-engine pricing improved more, Amstat says.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Amy Wilder

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

The H160 platform allows air medical providers to serve broad areas and transport critically ill patients

Metro Aviation Aims for June H160 Interior STC Approval

Company already operates two 429s and one Bell 407GXi

QuikTrip Expands Fleet with Third Bell 429 Helicopter

Matt Thurber

Covers state of rotorcraft industry through the end of 2025

Rotortrade Releases Optimistic Global Market Report

The company is also working on an upgrade to its 520N model.

New MD 564 Helicopter Promises More Power and Performance

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Orders include firm helicopters and multi-aircraft framework agreements

Verticon Brings Light-twin Helicopter Orders for Airbus

Chad Trautvetter

HeliKorea opts for another AW139, while Japan’s Mitsui Bussan adds two AW169s

Leonardo Logs Helicopter Orders from Asian Customers

New division adds flexible ownership opportunities for helicopter buyers

Rotortrade Launches Rotorcraft Leasing Business

Hanneke Weitering

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

In this article

Amstat

More In Rotorcraft