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Strong support from Brazil's business aviation association ABAG is helping LABACE thrive.

The Cirrus Experience roadshow helps make the aircraft-buying experience easier, by partnering with local finance and insurance providers.

New exhibitors are up 20 percent at this year's LABACE show, and optimism in business aviation is growing.

Attendance is expected to increase and 47 aircraft are scheduled for display.

Brazil's Air force is working to overhaul some of the busiest airspace in the country to ensure necessary capacity.

Brazil must put focus on training the next generation as demand increases and opportunities arise.

Embraer's executive and commercial jet divisions would be included in the new venture, with a “shrunken” Embraer retaining defense, says newspaper.

The heicopter was being flown to film for a morning show.

Marelli's new role as head of country is in addition to his position as president of Helibras

Brazil astronaut Marcos Pontes kicked off the event focusing on airshows not as an end in themselves, but as a way to interest children in STEM.

Fair had news of a strong recovery in the general and business aviation sector in the months since LABACE.

Crews used the water-free process to get visiting aircraft ready for display on the LABACE static line.

The company is a rebranded version of a number of charter firms.

The Cirrus roadshow is more than just Cirrus in Brazil...

Aviation in Latin America is looking up. WIth a presidential election next year in Brazil, perhaps LABACE 2018 will see brisk sales activity.

Organizers express tempered optimism.

Two FBOs at Brazil's Sorocaba Airport provide traditional services for business jets visiting the São Paolo area.

The Museu da Casa Brasileira exhibit highlights Brazilian aviation from 1709 through the present.

MAGA Aviation has just completed a large servicing vehicle based which can service Bombardier AOG situations.

Gaulter sells two helis en route to LABACE and believes things are looking up, at last.

The club provides private and commercial pilot and flight instructor and aerobatics courses.

A number of tasty offerings are available not far from the LABACE venue.

The Voom helicopter service in São Paulo helps travelers bypass endlessly congested roadways.

Despite a temporary slowdown in growth, the nation is investing in infrastructure for when the economy improves.

The contract covers airport improvements.

A number of organizations represent the industry's varied, and sometimes conflicting, interests.

Safety, not punishment, is the key to investigations, the industry contends.

The audience consisted mainly of HEMS users, oil and gas helicopter operators, highway concessionaires and doctors, and government regulatory authorirties.

Weather was an unfortunately timely topic, with a weather-related helicopter crash occuring near Rio de Janeiro, just minutes before the meeting.

The overall general aviation (GA) fleet in Brazil logged 0.1 percent growth last year, but GA operations dropped 11 percent year-over-year.