European Business Aviation Weathers Tough Times
Business aviation in Europe gathers in Geneva for EBACE
The European business aviation community gathers in Geneva this week for EBACE. (Photo David McIntosh)
The European business aviation community gathers in Geneva this week for EBACE. (Photo David McIntosh)

For the most part, Europe’s business aviation community has had a rough time since it last gathered in Geneva 12 months ago for its annual EBACE gathering. While 2011, as a whole, saw modest bizav traffic growth in Europe of 1.9 percent, the second half of last year saw the number of movements decline compared with the same period in 2010. The negative growth continued in January and February, before March brought what Fabio Gamba, chief executive of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), called “light at the end of the tunnel” in the form of stabilizing traffic levels.