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Institutional narcissism - EBACE died and EBAA is drifting

EBAA’s ego failure mode forms a system of self-importance, where the association confuses administration with leadership, ritual with relevance, and legacy with legitimacy. Those modes ultimately hollowed out EBACE and now threatens the organization’s future. EBAA clung to EBACE as a symbol of identity rather than a product requiring reinvention. Legacy became the anchor that drowned it. The meta-reason for the failure of institutional narcissism is that an association becomes more invested...

EBACE - Move Or Be Forgotten

The uncomfortable truth is that in the last 5+ years EBACE has lost altitude and this year it has crashed. Not because the industry is shrinking. Not because Europe lacks ambition. If EBACE were a commercial brand, it would have been killed years ago. It has no story, no soul. A brand cannot be built like a policy paper. It should have been re‑launched years ago. Based on 2024–2025 reporting and leadership statements, EBAA over-relied on a single event that lost strategic purpose. Suggested...

EBAA-EBACE silence may be interpreted as incompetence

Movement is the message. If EBAA fails to produce a credible, future‑proof EBACE concept within the next months, it signals to the membership that EBAA has lost strategic direction, industry leadership, and possibly relevance. The membership’s reaction would not be mild—they would fragment, defect, or begin building alternatives.A failure to reinvent EBACE with a new concept would communicate damaging messages.  Members would interpret the silence as proof that EBAA cannot articulate a...

European business aviation conference on steroids

The phrase “on steroids” is shorthand for exactly that: amplified beyond what is natural, necessary, or strategically useful. A reality phenomenon in the event world is when a conference becomes so oversized, overproduced, or overstuffed that its scale stops being a strength and starts being a signal of bloat, overcompensation, or misaligned ambition.  It’s not a summit — it’s a bloat parade. All volume, no voltage. A maximalist event with a minimalist outcome. Bigger than necessary, smaller tha...

We welcome back Evgeny Shadov as VP Business Development !

With over 45 years of industry experience, GENERAL AVIATION SERVICE SL FBO is entering a #new #phase of its hashtag#development : focusing on #growth, #positioning and stronger commercial #impact. We welcome back Evgeny Shadov as VP Business Development ! Decades of international business development experience, a very well-known figure in the business aviation industry, he will be hashtag#strengthening our hashtag#relationships across Spanish and International business aviation markets. We are...

What the European Business Aviation community now needs most

A feasibility study!  It is the discipline that turns vision into victory. A feasibility study, that is the moment of brutal honesty before the romance of execution. It is the disciplined act of asking, “Should we do this?” before anyone wastes a euro or dollar proving that we shouldn’t. A feasibility study takes a concept and strips it of wishful thinking. Hope is not a strategy, and enthusiasm is not a business model. EBACE as well as EBAA may have to be reinvented. EBACE once m...

Balearic Summer Slot Coordination - LEIB Ibiza & LEPA Palma de Mallorca - Quick Operational Guide

Dear customers,As the summer season approaches, General Aviation Service would like to share some important operational information for flights to the Balearic Islands, especially Ibiza (LEIB) and Palma de Mallorca (LEPA).For Ibiza (LEIB), operators should be aware that additional airport coordination may be required depending on the aircraft size and the planned time on stand.Slots can normally be requested up to 15 days in advance.For Ibiza, an additional airport authorisation / PPR is require...

The European business aviation conference revolution

This is about redefining what a top aviation event can be without competing with other aviation events. Creating a summit worthy of its orbit and positioning itself as the "State of Business Aviation" where attendance is exclusive. A must-participate attend event that is intimate yet global, curated for select participants, and designed to make a lasting impact.  One will never become an eagle by thinking like a chicken. Controversy frequently fosters advancement. Provocative approache...