MEDIA ADVISORY: EBACE2024 Advanced Air Mobility Showcase Includes a ‘First’ on Event’s Airport Display

Contacts: Roman Kok, +32 488 39 19 79, rkok@ebaa.org;
Dan Hubbard, +1-202-431-5970, dhubbard@nbaa.org

Brussels, Belgium and Washington, DC, March 25, 2024 – For the first time, this year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) will showcase leading advanced air mobility (AAM) companies both in the Palexpo exhibit hall and outdoors, with a model on the event’s aircraft display at Geneva Airport.

EBACE is co-hosted by the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).

At EBACE2024, Europe’s premier annual on-demand and advanced air mobility event, attendees will have an opportunity for an up-close look at VoltAero’s Cassio 330 electric-hybrid certification transport vehicle as part of the event’s aircraft display at the airport. VoltAero will also have a presence in this year’s EBACE Innovation Pavilion inside Palexpo, where a host of several pioneering AAM companies will display their models, including:

• Beyond Aero: Beyond Aero’sONE is the first electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion. The company recently completed France’s first manned flight powered entirely by hydrogen-electric technology.
• ELECTRON: The Rotterdam-based company manufactures a 100% battery-powered aircraft for regional use and it is developing an all-electric cargo plane.
• Hydroplane Limited: The California company is developing a modular hydrogen fuel cell for general aviation, Urban Air Mobility and vertical lift aircraft.
• Lilium: Germany’s Lilium is working to get its all-electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet certified while working with partners to build vertiports in various markets.
• Vaeridion: The company, based in Munich, has developed highly efficient electric-powered “microliners” that it plans to begin operating before 2030.
• VoltAero: VoltAero has designed a hybrid-electric aircraft for passenger, cargo and medical evacuation use. The French company is currently developing the next generation of its Cassio.

“Innovation is always front and center at EBACE, and this year is no exception,” said Rachel Clementi, EBAA conference and innovation lead. “There is perhaps no better example of game-changing innovation underway in business aviation than with the advent of electric, hybrid and hydrogen propulsion systems for aircraft. EBACE2024 is proud to feature the latest of these pioneering technologies poised to enter the market.”

In just the past few years, AAM technologies have advanced from vision to reality, putting the industry on course to deliver a new era of emissions-free flight. Several EBACE panels will feature CEOs and other industry experts with perspectives on:

• Growth projections for the sector in the coming years.
• How AAM will reshape transportation with uses such as public transit, ride-sharing and humanitarian missions.
• Autonomous flight and the role AI can play in aviation safety.

EBACE will take place May 28-30 in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palexpo and Geneva Airport. To register to attend EBACE2024 and for more information, visit ebace.aero.

About EBACE2024
The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) is the premier event and the annual meeting place for the European business aviation community. The exhibition brings together business leaders, government officials, manufacturers, flight department personnel, avionics firms, fractional providers, charter/lease companies and all manner of people involved in nearly every aspect of business aviation. Visit our website: ebace.aero.

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Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The association represents more than 10,000 company and professional members and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world’s largest civil aviation trade show. Learn more about NBAA at nbaa.org.

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