LABACE 2013: Bizav Industry Makes Inroads with Government
LABACE 2013 drew 13,823 attendees to Congonhas Airport. (Photo: David McIntosh)
LABACE 2013 drew 13,823 attendees to Congonhas Airport. (Photo: David McIntosh)

The 10th annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition at Congonhas Airport, in the southern suburbs of São Paulo, Brazil, came to a close August 16, having proved a success for organizer ABAG (Associação Brasileira de Aviação Geral, the General Aviation Association of Brazil) in its efforts to promote business aviation in the halls of government in the vast country. However, most notable to visitors–who tended to turn up en masse after 3 p.m. each day–was the lack of a wider “Latin American” flavor, or even a wider flavor of Brazil as plans for São Paulo business aviation airports took much of the attention. There was almost nothing from operators in the way of aircraft orders, perhaps because they are waiting for the impending infrastructure changes to acquire a satisfactory shape.