EBACE CONVENTION NEWS
MAY 25, 2023
AINONLINE.COM
DAVID McINTOSH
DAY 3
BIZAV BLOWBACK NEW NORMAL by Charles Alcock Tuesday’s protests at EBACE 2023 weren’t the first time demonstrators have disrupted a business aviation event, and they certainly won’t be the last. As recently as last February, protesters disrupted EBAA’s Air Ops conference in Brussels after reportedly managing to register for the event based on a bogus connection with an industry executive. Before that—in November—eco-protesters on bikes barged into the business aviation
enclave at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, disrupting traffic. And on Tuesday, ahead of a peaceful and officially sanctioned protest outside EBACE venue Palexpo, demonstrators forcefully broke into the show’s static display, handcuffing themselves to aircraft and stopping flights at Geneva Airport for almost an hour, driving up carbon emissions as aircraft had to stay in holding patterns or divert. Reportedly, many of the disruptors were arrested. At an EBACE panel session yesterday on the continues on page 4
TECHNOLOGY Artificial Intelligence and Bizav Using AI to make ground ops more efficient | 2
AIRCRAFT Flight Testing the Falcon 6X Inside look at the jet’s certification efforts | 6
CONNECTIVITY Gogo Goes Bigger New antenna expands LEO service | 8
WORKFORCE Diversity and Inclusion in Aviation EPAN supports LGBTQIA+ in industry | 28