Media Advisory - Canadian Business Aviation Association

OTTAWA, June 16, 2015 /CNW/ -

What:	CBAA 2015 – Canadian Business Aviation Association Annual Convention, Exhibit & Static Display
Where:	AVFUEL H-18 FBO Hangar, Aéroport Montréal Saint-Hubert Longueuil
When:	Thursday, June 18, 10:00 – 16:00

CBAA 2015 will bring together hundreds of business aviation operators, aircraft manufacturers and vendors. An integral part of Canada's aviation and aerospace sector, business aviation contributes $5.4 billion in economic outputs and provides 22,500 jobs across Canada.

Twenty aircraft will be on view at the static display, provided by Bombardier, Columbia Aircraft Sales, Dassault  Falcon, Embraer Executive Aircraft, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group, Quest Aircraft Company, Textron Aviation and others at the AVFUEL H-18 FBO Hangar. 50 exhibiting companies will be there to promote the latest aviation products and services.

Spokespeople and experts in aviation management, equipment and technologies will be on site. 

Quick facts:

• Business aviation operations – flying and maintaining business aircraft – represents $5.4 billion in total economic outputs in Canada, with 1,900 aircraft, 23,500 employees and annual wages of $1.53 billion dollars. 
• Business aviation delivers workers and equipment to remote sites, connects communities to the world through a network of small and large airports, and provides fire, rescue and medevac services in every part of Canada
• Business aviation is an important part of Canada's aerospace sector. Canada is among the leading aerospace nations in the world. Its aerospace industry is the fifth largest, and the second largest relative to the size of the economy.

With approximately 400 member companies and organizations, including operators, management companies and suppliers, CBAA has represented the entire business aviation community with a unified and collective voice since 1961.

SOURCE Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA)

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