ABACE, Chinese Business Aviation Both Evolve
Changes mark industry, in ABACE’s fifth year.
This year’s ABACE occupies the largest footprint in the show’s history. The more than 30 aircraft on exhibit in the static display range from piston engine singles to intercontinental corporate jets, to helicopters, demonstrating the wide diversity of business aircraft. (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)
This year’s ABACE occupies the largest footprint in the show’s history. The more than 30 aircraft on exhibit in the static display range from piston engine singles to intercontinental corporate jets, to helicopters, demonstrating the wide diversity of business aircraft. (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)

This year’s ABACE occupies the largest footprint in the show’s history, according to Ed Bolen, president and CEO of show co-organizer, the U.S. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). Speaking at the welcoming press conference on Monday in Shanghai, Bolen noted the increased pavilion space housing more than 160 exhibitors, with better than 40 percent of them representing Asian companies.