EBAA Chairman Tells How
EBACE Is Different

EBAA Chairman Brian Humphries: hoping for 3,000 delegates.

Previous business aviation shows in Europe have all failed because they tried to expand beyond that focus, or concentrated just on airplanes. And that's how EBACE is different, according to EBAA Chairman Brian Humphries.

"Here we are combining the intellectual benefits of the EBAA conference with the expertise and the show experience of NBAA" to bring together some of the most influential movers and shakers among politicians, regulators, operators and manufacturers, he told Show News. The goal: to help make business aviation in Europe more accessible and more valuable as a business tool both for corporations and for regional economic development.

Although the tally of business aircraft suggests a stagnation of the market in Europe (2,005 business aircraft at the end of last year, an increase of just five in a decade), the situation may be changing rapidly. Cessna planned to deliver 16 new Citations into the UK alone this year, even before last month's order for 50 by NetJets Europe, which is also expected to add to its Falcon 2000 fleet.

Humphries noted the data additionally understates the true picture as it excludes a growing fleet of European-based aircraft registered in the U.S., Bermuda or the Caymans. Among them: GVs and Falcon 50s that never received U.K. certificates.