- renata927
- May 28
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Ebace in transition with 2026 details to come
In its first year without the long-term partnership with NBAA and without a static display, the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) is in a transition year. A review now underway of the show is expected to conclude in June, with insights gleaned from EBACE 2025, according to Holger Krahmer, secretary general of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA). “The big question in the room is, will there be an EBACE 2026?” Krahmer asked during a reception on the eve of the show’s opening. “Of course. EBACE 2026 will be held in the last week of May or the first week of June”, he said. More details, including next year’s location, will be made during a press conference June 30. Besides Geneva, a “short list” of other locations is also under consideration, Krahmer added.
It is certainly no coincidence that Aero Friedrichshafen positioned itself shortly before Ebace 2025 and confidently announced: “The premiere of the AERO Business Aviation Show Hub at AERO 2025 (held in April) sent a clear message: Friedrichshafen is the new meeting spot for the European business aviation community! The AERO Friedrichshafen team is already fully engaged in planning and preparations for the 2026 edition (April 22–25, 2026). For the second edition, the Business Aviation Static Display will be expanded on the airport side as well as along axis of the A-halls of the venue. The Business Aviation Dome will be significantly enlarged by doubling the exhibition space.”
CAE opens Vienna training centre
CAE has opened CAE Vienna, its first business aviation training centre in Central Europe and welcomed its first customer in April. The company also announced that a Gulfstream G550 full-flight simulator (FFS) is already in operation, and a new Pilatus PC-24 FFS will be deployed at the 8,000 square foot training facility in the second half of 2026. CAE Vienna will feature up to nine full-flight simulators (FFS), including Europe's first Bombardier Global 7500 FFS scheduled to enter service in June, a Global Vision and Embraer Phenom 100/300 FFS this summer, and a Bombardier Challenger 3500 in October 2025.
Like all CAE training centres worldwide, CAE Vienna will offer all phases of classroom and simulator training for established pilots to earn their type-rating and complete recurrent training for differing authorities. The company will officially inaugurate the new training centre this fall. CAE operates 70+ facilities on five continents, training over 135,000 business and commercial professionals annually.
First production aircraft of world’s fastest business jet takes to the skies
Bombardier has released that the first production Global 8000 aircraft has successfully completed its inaugural flight on May 16. The Global 8000 flight test vehicle (FTV) will soon travel to Bombardier’s Completion Centre in Montreal ahead of its planned entry-into-service (EIS) in the second half of 2025.
The new Global 8000 is the evolution of the successful Global 7500 aircraft, which has amassed more than 250,000 flying hours and 200-plus deliveries since entering into service in 2018. With a maximum speed of Mach 0.94, it has become the world’s fastest civilian aircraft after Concorde. Since Concorde's demise in 2003, the global aviation industry has seen civilian jets with top speeds ranging between Mach 0.8 and Mach 0.9. Bombardier states that the Global 8000 flirts with supersonic territory. While the maximum speed is capped at Mach 0.94 for commercial use, Bombardier proved the jet’s potential during test flights by pushing it just past Mach 1. The Global 8000 has a range of 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 km). Rival Gulfstream Aerospace on April 16 earned type certification for its new flagship G800. The certifications confirmed a range of 8,200 nautical miles (15,186 km).
People: Dawit Lemma has been appointed new AfBAA Chairperson
Dawit Lemma is a seasoned aviation executive, entrepreneur, and advocate with over 25 years of experience spanning multiple continents. As the Founder and CEO of Krimson Aviation Holdings Ltd., he has successfully scaled operations into nearly 35 countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. He is a Swiss citizen, but of Ethiopian origin, and has lived and/or worked all over the world; from Zambia to Afghanistan, the USA to Switzerland – making him a true global citizen. Dawit returned to Ethiopia in 2012, after almost 30 years abroad, as he recognized the thriving potential and opportunities being displayed by Ethiopia’s economic resurgence.
Dawit is a graduate of Purdue University in the USA, where he received a degree in Aeronautical Engineering & Flight Technology. He also holds a MSc. degree in Aviation Management & Marketing from the Basel Business College in Switzerland. Dawit also holds an A&P Mechanic’s License (American FAA), CPL (American FAA, South African CAA, Swiss FOCA/EASA), and an EASA Frozen ATPL; with over 15 years of experience in both the Aviation and Marketing industries. Dawit is also President of the AfBAA-Ethiopia Chapter, whose main purpose is to serve as a collective association that assists and supports local stakeholders in the advancement and development of business aviation in the country. Collectively working together to galvanise the sector and represent the interests of aircraft owners, operators, and suppliers to the business aviation community in a single voice.
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