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26<br />
TRAVELS<br />
EBACE<br />
The planes of efficient business<br />
Piaggio Avanti II<br />
Every year in the month of May, the<br />
European premier gathering of business avia-<br />
tion is celebrated in Geneva in the halls of<br />
Palexpo and on an extensive area of the tarmac.<br />
Each year, the organizers claim to have<br />
even more exhibitors, planes and visitors.<br />
Judging from the three occupied halls in 2012<br />
and the enlargement of the plane presentation<br />
zone, they are right to do so.<br />
Five hundred exhibitors, 60 business planes,<br />
13’000 professional visitors… Outside aeronautical<br />
circles, who has heard of such a summit?<br />
Although, well informed about what is<br />
happening in Geneva, a journalist admitted his<br />
surprise at the discovery of the event: “ The<br />
most secret of large trade-shows” Secret?<br />
Definitely not! However it is held away from<br />
the public view. It is reserved for the professionals<br />
of a dynamic and expanding industry:<br />
aircraft, engine and avionic manufacturers,<br />
decorators, specialists in various technical<br />
domains, flight-on-demand airline companies,<br />
brokers… an endless list that although ends<br />
with the 500 exhibitors of this recent celebration<br />
called EBACE (European Business Aviation<br />
Convention & Exhibition). But 500 is a lot! Only<br />
three days to visit and attend conferences is far<br />
from being enough!
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