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French airports join forces to attract bizav

A group of French airports is exhibiting here at EBACE’07 to bolster their collective appeal to the business aviation community.

By Jeff Apter

May 11, 2007

A group of French airports is exhibiting here at EBACE’07 to bolster their collective appeal to the business aviation community. According to Olivier de l’Estoile, honorary president of EBAA France, the French chapter of the European Business Aviation Association has continued its restructuring efforts, and its airports group is now almost an “organization within an organization.” And he insisted that there is no rivalry among airports providing business aviation services. “We are a group that makes decisions together and we want [each other] to flourish,” he told EBACE Convention News.

The six founding members of EBAA France Business Aviation Airports comprise Paris Le Bourget (Booth No. 211), Cannes Mandelieu, Lyon Bron, Avignon, Le Touquet and Ancenis. They have since been joined by the southern France gateway airports of Nice-Côte d’Azur and Le Castellet.

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