The annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) keeps going from strength to strength. At press time, the EBACE 2004 event (to be held May 25 to 27) had already outstripped last year’s show by logging sales for 100 more booth spaces–715 in total. Organizers expect that, by the time bookings close, 300 separate exhibiting companies will register for this year’s event at Geneva’s Palexpo center, and a record number of aircraft–more than 30– will adorn the static-display area, which is conveniently located at the adjoining Geneva International Airport.
EBACE has stayed at the Swiss city since its inception in 2001, and organizers appear to have no inclination to relocate it–largely due to the almost unrivalled convenience of having a major exhibition center located right next to a well served, but not excessively busy, major international airport. The static-display ramp is connected to the exhibition hall by a specially built bridge allowing visitors and exhibitors to cross between the two in seconds.
