EBACE dismissed and AEA postponed over Coronavirus fears


Maldives
PUBLISHED March 15, 2020

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) has been cancelled for 2020. 

The show, sponsored by the European Business Aviation Association and the National Business Aviation Association was scheduled for May 26-28 in Geneva but the uncertainty surrounding the staging of such events, recent actions by the Swiss government and concern for the health and safety of participants  made it untenable. "As with all NBAA events, we view our participants as partners, whose health and well-being is our foremost concern, and that priority is front and center in our decision to cancel EBACE2020." said NBAA President Ed Bolen.

NBAA had already cancelled some smaller events and is not ruling out pulling more in the future. "We will keep our international partners and members informed with regard to how this challenging public health situation impacts events in the coming months," he said. The Aircraft Electronics Association recently postponed its convention scheduled for March 24-27 in Nashville to future undetermined date and Sun n Fun has been postponed until at least May 5-10. Several airshows in southern part of the U.S. scheduled for late March and early April have also been scrapped.

In early February, responding to health concerns and other challenges around the coronavirus outbreak, the NBAA also cancelled this years Asian Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (ABACE). The event was scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, on 16-18 April 2020. The next edition will now be held on 13-15 April 2021. 

Both ABACE and EBACE conventions have been regular shows attended by Maldivian aircraft supervision agents and aviation professionals.
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