Tue, Jun 01, 2004
Booth Space, Attendance Hits New Highs
EBACE2004, a three-day exhibition
held May 25 through 27, registered a record 6,487 Attendees –
an increase of 8.4 percent over last year’s total of 5,984.
It also featured 247 Exhibitors occupying a record 728 3-meter by
3-meter booth spaces in Geneva Palexpo, an increase of 18 percent
over last year’s booth space total of 615. The Static Display
on Geneva International Airport featured a total of 36 business
aircraft.
The event kicked off on Tuesday, May 25 with an Opening General
Session keynote speech by Patrick Goudou, executive director of the
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and presentations by Roger
Gardner, head of air quality and environmental technology of the
Department of Transport UK, and Bo Redeborn, director ATM
strategies, Eurocontrol. The Opening General Session was moderated
by European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) Chairman Brian M.
Humphries and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA)
Chairman and Interim President Donald E. Baldwin.
On Thursday, May 27, European Commission President Romano Prodi
visited EBACE, arriving at the airport in a business jet. He toured
the exhibition hall and boarded several aircraft in the Static
Display, paying particular attention to European aircraft and
products. This visit by the president of the European Commission,
the administrative and executive body of the European Union,
illustrated a strong European interest in business aviation and the
importance of the sector for the European air transport industry.
Humphries, Baldwin and other officials escorted Prodi during his
tour.
Future EBACEs will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on the
following dates:
- EBACE2005 – Wednesday, May 18 through Friday, May 20,
2005
- EBACE2006 – Wednesday, May 3 through Friday, May 5,
2006
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