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Panaoramic view from the Static Display of Aircraft at
the Geneva International Airport during ebace 2013
the market share losses in the light jet sub-category. Entry level
jets however, are projected to continue their upswing with a 2.3
per cent increase.
Moving up the weight categories, Avinode states that the
European decline in midsize jet category, which includes the
midsize and super midsize jet sub-categories, will continue into
2014 with a loss of 3.6 per cent in flight activity. Avinode sees
growth across the board on the heavier side of the chart, with
the heavy jet category, which accounts for the heavy and ultra
long range jet sub-categories, growing by 3.6 per cent in Europe.
The ultra long range sub-category is forecast to grow by 3.1 per
cent in 2014, while in Europe, where the jet class appears to be
largely unaffected by general market trends, ultra long range
jets are expected to garner 8.6 per cent more flights in 2014.
the city-pairs connectivity provided by scheduled carriers. Actually, 96 per cent of these city-pairs are not served in a regular
way by scheduled air transport, states the European Business
Aviation Association (EBAA).
Despite popular misbeliefs, with only 0.04 per cent of the
total CO2 emission, the ecological footprint of business aviation
is the smallest of all transport industry. It actually only emits
less than two per cent of the total air transport emissions, whilst
it represents more than seven per cent of the total IFR movements in Europe. Besides, business aviation is the only sector
that offsets 100 per cent of its emissions.
As a sector, business aviation accounts for over $20 billion
to the European economy and employs more than 1,60,000
people across Europe.
Business Aviation in Europe
The reason why almost all the players are present at EBACE
2014 is that business aviation provides its users with a means
of transportation that is both efficient and flexible, connecting
1,03,000 cities-pairs in Europe that is more than three times
Extremely Competitive Sector
With over 800 operators and around 4,000 business aircraft
composed of turboprops and jets, the sector is extremely
competitive and boasts of a variety of concepts and business
models which make it a very flexible, easy to adapt, business
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