Focus Will Be On Developing Standards For East, West
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) will host
its third regional forum entitled "One Europe: A Roadmap for
Aligning East and West", January 20-21 at the Hilton Vienna in
Austria.
During this interactive two-day forum, guest speakers such as
Dr. Caspar Einem, president of the Austrian Business Aviation
Association; Leonid Koshelev, chairman of the Russian United
Business Aviation Association; and Kimon Daniilidas, chairman of
the Hellenic Air Carriers Association, will join EBAA Chairman
Rodolfo Baviera and EBAA CEO and President Brian Humphries in
addressing a range of issues including aircraft financing
challenges, achieving industry standards for insurance benefits,
and easing access for Eastern Europe-based operators into Western
Europe and vice versa. A full schedule of speakers and discussion
points will be released in the coming weeks.
"As the influence of business aviation increases, it is
ever-more crucial that European operators regularly convene to
discuss challenges and share best practices to ensure safe and fair
operations across the breadth of Europe," says Humphries. "In our
ongoing series of regional forums, we've selected 'One Europe' as a
theme to emphasize the necessity of harmonizing practices
-operations, safety, services and pricing - in order to erase
distinctions between activities in the North and South or East and
West."
Forum participants will be encouraged not only to exchange
insights but also to help develop a strategic action plan to
achieve a standardized treatment and operation of Biz-Av activities
across Europe.
"The European National Associations are non-profit organisations
and are therefore able to keep fees to a minimum for such regional
events, which are run on a 'not for profit basis' unlike other
conferences," explains ABAA's Dr. Caspar Einem. "Furthermore all
income is channeled directly back into our organisations to further
develop activities that directly benefit the business aviation
community.
"Regional forums are also distinctive because they are meetings
in which issues are discussed AND acted upon. They offer a chance
for members of the community to speak their minds so that National
Associations like the ABAA can advocate on their behalf at local
level, and the EBAA can reliably serve as their voice at European
and international level."
The "One Europe" Forum in Vienna is open to both members and
non-members of the European Business Aviation Association. EBAA
members, however, have an opportunity to exhibit during the forum
as well.