NBAA Kicks Off First Regional Forum of the New Decade
NBAA President Ed Bolen looks forward, and up toward a busy decade of business aviation firsts
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner, left, speaks with NBAA's Greg Voos and Ed Bolen at NBAA's West Palm Beach Regional Forum yesterday in Florida. (Photo: Amy Laboda)
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner, left, speaks with NBAA's Greg Voos and Ed Bolen at NBAA's West Palm Beach Regional Forum yesterday in Florida. (Photo: Amy Laboda)

NBAA president Ed Bolen opened the association’s first regional forum of 2020 yesterday with optimism that matched the warm Florida sunshine on Atlantic Aviation’s broad ramp in Palm Beach, Florida—just five days before the 54th annual Super Bowl event was expected to pack the entire bizav side of the airfield with private, government, and corporate aircraft. “Looking into this next decade of business aviation we see business aviation on the forefront of developing eVTOL, drones, autonomous vehicles, and sustainability solutions,” Bolen told the crowd of more than 3,000 attendees, sponsors, and vendors at the opening session, speaking after introductions from the mayor of Palm Beach County, Dave Kerner, and the director of Palm Beach International airport Laura Beebe.