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We’re Excited to Welcome You to Geneva for EBACE2018

In less than a week, the 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2018) opens in Geneva, Switzerland’s Palexpo center and Geneva Airport. Organized by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), EBACE2018 pro...

Air BP expands its network with six new locations in Africa

•    Air BP now present at six airports in Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cape Verde and Mauritius through commercial agreement with Vivo Energy •    Operational audits of new locations carried out by Air BP technical services team help ensure safe and efficient aviat...


Sky Atlas: Heading to Geneva

Sky Atlas, provider of flight support & OPS for business aviation in Russia and CIS, will participate in European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition(EBACE ‘2018) in Geneva in the end of May.   This year Sky Atlas will present its best practices in the field of wolrd wide flight support to the industry professionals, as well as its solutions to optimize handling costs fo...

AfBAA to launch Commercial General Aviation Symposium at EBACE AfBAC-EXPO 2019 location confirmed as South Africa

The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) will launch the AfBAA Commercial General Aviation Symposium (CGAS), at EBACE 2018, booth W43. Nairobi, Kenya will be home to the meeting that will take place 21-23 November 2018. This will be the Association’s first meeting focusing on flight operations in the turboprop hub of East Africa, as the spotlight shines on the CGA community.&nb...

Airbus is Strategic Partner at KADEX-2018

Airbus will attend KADEX-2018 (Hall1), Kazakhstan’s V International Exhibition Weapons Systems and Military Equipment, as a “Strategic Partner” this year. The exhibition will take place in Astana, from 23th May to 26th May 2018, and, for the first time, it will encompass the International Forum "Space Days in Kazakhstan", which will become one of the central dialogue pl...

ICAO unites European, Middle East and African countries to explore new approaches to cyber threats to civil aviation

ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu addressed government and industry safety experts in Bucharest earlier last week when she helped to launch the UN aviation agency’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation Summit. “In an industry as interconnected as air transport, we cannot lose sight of the fact that a single cyber incident will likely impact multiple compa...

Apple International to provide specialised repairs and services in Russia

The International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia each year features new international companies. One of the new enterprises art the expo this year, Apple International with headquarters in US to introduce specialised repairs and services on the Russian market for the first time at HeliRussia 2018. Via Apple International services, clients in Russia would have an a...

Caribbean Aviation Meetup - the different and unique airlift conference

On June 12-14 the 3rd annual Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference will be held at the Atlantis Resort on the Bahamas. The event is hosted by the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation of the Bahamas. The conference concept is different and unique. Last year it was named “one of the best aviation forums in this part of the world” and already has proven to be most significant conferenc...

SIRIUS AERO – FIRST TIME EBACE EXHIBITOR

Sirius Aero, Russian private jet operator, announced that it will become an exhibitor of The 2018 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, May 29-31 in Geneva, for the first time. The company will be in booth No. D69 (Hall 5) with its co-exhibitor – Avinode. “We are very pleased to exhibiting at EBACE for the first time,” says Eugenia Pokrovskaya, Commercial Dir...

A-Group: Meet us in Geneva and Moscow!

A-Group, the owner of FBOs at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo and St Petersburg’s Pulkovo international airports, will participate in European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE ‘2018) in the end of May. EBACE is one of most important events in the world of business aviation. A-Group takes part in this event every year, and, this year, the company welcomes EBACE partic...

Bombardier and Lufthansa Technik to Unveil Dialed Up Flight Experience Onboard Global 7000 Aircraft in Geneva

The industry-leading nice Touch cabin management system (CMS) will make its worldwide debut at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition on May 29, 2018 The innovative system was developed in collaboration with Lufthansa Technik exclusively for the Global 7000 aircraft Bombardier introduces retractable side-ledge dial, for rapid control of entertainment and cabin se...

Premium Jet leads business aviation operators by adopting Osprey Flight Solutions risk assessment system

Premium Jet, one of the leading Swiss aircraft management and charter companies, has joined commercial aircraft operators like Virgin Atlantic in embracing the unique Osprey Flight Solutions risk assessment system by becoming the first business aviation operator to take on board the technology that is revolutionising the aviation industry. Osprey's breakthrough flight risk management system...

Horix Aerospace will exhibit for the first time at EBACE 2018

Horix Aerospace announces that it will exhibit for the very first time at EBACE 2018 (Geneva, Switzerland), the European biggest business aviation event, form 29th to 31st of May. To introduce its offer, Horix Aerospace will exhibit its activities in the fields of spare parts and ground support equipment. “We are excited about our debut during such a premier event...

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars.  The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.   "NASA has a proud history of firsts," said NASA Administrator...

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