GA Leaders See Opportunity in 'Existential Threat' to Industry
Panelists at a GAMA event stressed the opportunities to tell a better story and push toward new technologies as the industry faces threats.
ZeroAvia aircraft on takeoff of first flight
ZeroAvia is among the companies looking to lower aviation emissions with new technologies such as hydrogen-electric. (Photo ZeroAvia)

The industry faces an “existential threat” with European leaders pushing for curbs on business and general aviation, industry leaders said this week during Aero Friedrichshafen. But those leaders agreed that this provides an opportunity to present a positive story and a mandate to push forward with new technologies.

Speaking during a panel hosted by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) on Wednesday, Nicolas Chabbert, senior v-p of Daher’s aircraft division, stressed that as the industry confronts threats, “We have to educate and evolve. We are not a victim. We have to consider ourselves as an industry we are proud of.”