Asia’s Largest Business Aviation Conference Opens Stronger Than Ever
SHANGHAI, CHINA, April 16, 2019 – The 2019 Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE 2019) opened with a high level of energy and enthusiasm today at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
Jiang Chunshui, Party Secretary of the East China Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China; Cai Jun, Inspector of Shanghai Traffic Commission; Qin Yun, Chairman of Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA), Ed Bolen, president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Sean Stein, consul general of the United States in Shanghai, and Weldon Epp, consul general of Canada in Shanghai, gave remarks at the show’s opening keynote session hosted by Xin Feng, President of SAA.
The opening session also featured, for the first time ever, a panel discussion of key aviation experts, including: Guangshan Lu, chief engineer, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd; Kevin Wu, international vice president, Greater China and Mongolia sales, Textron Aviation Inc., and; Todd Simmons, president, customer experience, Cirrus Aircraft. The panel was moderated by Jenny Lau, chair, Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA).
Qin Yun, Chairman of SAA, said, “In establishing Shanghai as an aviation hub, Shanghai Airport Authority sees business aviation as an effective complement to air transportation, which offers diverse aviation services to the public, improves the service capacity of Shanghai’s airports, and supports Shanghai to become an exceptional global city with the best aviation services.”
Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO, added: “This year’s ABACE features a number of exciting new attributes, highlights the evolving nature of exhibiting companies in the region and from around the world, and underscores the growing importance of China and Asia in the global aviation ecosystem.”
ABACE – produced in partnership with SAA, and co-hosted by NBAA and AsBAA – is one of the world’s preeminent events. It is a top forum for introducing and displaying the latest aircraft models, products and services.
About NBAA:
Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (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 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community. Learn more about NBAA at: www.nbaa.org.
About AsBAA:
The Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) promotes the benefits of business aviation in Asia. The association aims to help the companies that rely on business aviation aircraft succeed in the Asian market though advocacy, information, networking, coordination of messages among the members and business-support services.
About SAA:
Founded in 1998, Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) is under authorization from the Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to operate both Shanghai Pudong International (PVG) and Hongqiao International Airport (SHA). In accordance with the state’s strategic move of building China into a civil aviation power and the construction of Shanghai international shipping center, SAA is dedicated to accelerating the development of Shanghai aviation hub. Currently, Shanghai aviation hub has been basically formed: four terminals and six runways in two airports; in 2016, the two airports served 100 million passengers, ranking Pudong International Airport the third busiest worldwide by cargo traffic in consecutive 9 years. To learn more about SAA, please visitwww.shairport.com.
