Show Preview Ebace 2014
high on features:
gulfstream’s g280 is a super mid-size
business jet; cessna’s cj4 is loaded
with ultra modern features.
Geneva’s Palexpo, EBACE showcases
nearly 500 exhibiting companies from
around the world and covers more than
36,000 square metres of area. At the
nearby Geneva International Airport,
over 50 aircraft, including nearly every major business aircraft
design in current production, will be on display in a special
18,000-square-metre area. Going by the previous edition which
had 12,353 attendees, representing 94 countries, 460 exhibitors – the third-highest number in the event’s 13-year history,
EBACE continues to be a must-attend business aviation event.
The event continues to hold promise, irrespective of market
movements and a survey indicates why it is popular. According to
the EBACE survey, 91 per cent of exhibitors come to see existing
customers; 88 per cent to maintain image, presence or awareness;
80 per cent to obtain new sales leads; 38 per cent to introduce new
Photographs: Gulfstream, Cessna
The Facts
per cent – proportion of city-pairs served by business avia96
tion in 2011 that had no scheduled connection. The remaining four per cent represent however more than a third of business aviation traffic in volume.
Twice as fast as GDP – expected medium-term growth rate for
business aviation demand at Paris, Le Bourget
0 per cent – proportion of business aviation flights taking
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off and landing at airports handling fewer than 100 departures per day
per cent – proportion of corporate decision-makers regard66
ing face-to-face meetings as critical to M&A success
Up to 25 per cent of operator revenues are derived from multiple destination journeys
,64,000 – persons employed in business aviation around
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Europe
€9 billion – value of business aviation aircraft manufacturing
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products and 30 per cent to make sales
at the show.
Aircraft on Display
Aircraft manufacturers are ever keen on
displaying their products at EBACE and the companies are Airbus (ACJ319); Cessna (Citation X, Caravan EX, Citation M2, Citation CJ4, XLS+, Sovereign); Beechcraft (G58 Baron, King Air 250,
King Air C90GTx, King Air 350i, King Air 350ER); Boeing Business
Jets (BBJ); Bombardier (Learjet 75, Challenger 300, Challenger
605, Global 6000, Global Express); Dassault (Falcon 7X, Falcon
2000 LXS, Falcon 900 LX); Cirrus (SR22T GTS); Eclipse (Eclipse
500); Embraer (Phenom 100, 3000, Lineage 1000, Legacy 650,
Legacy 500); Gulfstream (G150, G280, G450, G550, G650); Piaggio (P 180 Avanti); and Pilatus (PC 12 NG) among others.
Interesting Conferences
After four tough years of austerity and rising taxes, the economies of many European nations are on the mend. At an education session on May 20, a panel of international aviation
experts will address the question everyone in business aviation would like answered: Will business aviation profit from the
developing upturn in the European economy?
The session, to be presented by Pete Bunce, President
and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
(GAMA); David Marsh, Eurocontrol; Charles Schlumberger,
World Bank; Alasdair Whyte, Corporate Jet Investor; and a
representative from Ascend, will analyse macroeconomic
and operational indicators to forecast the impact on business aviation.
Despite growth in other regions of the world since the recession ended, the industry is still trying to determine whether
Europe’s share of worldwide general aviation aircraft sales
which has plummeted from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, is the
“new normal,” according to Jens Hennig, GAMA’s Vice President
of Operations.
“It appears that Europe is still continuing to struggle its way
through economic uncertainties,” said Hennig, noting that other
markets seem to be stabilising. SP
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