Ebace 2003: Special Report
The third running of EBACE, the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, has established the Geneva, Switzerland event as a solid entry in the

The third running of EBACE, the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, has established the Geneva, Switzerland event as a solid entry in the world aerospace calendar, with three major business aircraft manufacturers (Cessna, Gulfstream and Raytheon) choosing to attend EBACE instead of this month’s Paris Air Show.

When the first EBACE show ran in April 2001, nobody could have predicted how much the world would change in the ensuing two years. The combined effects of
9/11 and a global recession have battered aviation particularly hard, but EBACE this year enjoyed its best showing yet. Attendance reached 5,984, an increase of more than 24 percent on last year’s 4,824, and 248 exhibitors occupied 615 booth spaces (each measuring 10 feet by 10 feet).