The first Shanghai International Business Aviation Show (Sibas) garnered mixed reviews from its exhibitors, but generally the perception was that it was a success, despite teething problems, such as no food on site and some issues with shipping. However, these were offset by the quality of attendees who showed up and the fact that organizer World Events Agency managed to pull off the show at all.
The inaugural event took place at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, which is home to the executive aviation terminal and China’s flagship FBO run by Australia’s Hawker Pacific. Aircraft on the static park included a Bombardier Challenger 300 (recently purchased by operator Donghai Jet) and Challenger 850; a Boeing Business Jet; a Cessna Citation Sovereign and Citation XLS; a Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350 and Hawker 900; a Dassault Falcon 2000LX and Falcon 7X; a Gulfstream G550, G450, G200 and G150; and a Piaggio Avanti operated by Indonesia’s SusiAir. There were also helicopters from MD Helicopters and an AW109 and AW119 from AgustaWestland.
