Innovation will be on full display during this week at EBACE 2019, with mockups of eVTOLs on display, a focus on the future of sustainability and alternative fuels, and a spotlight on the next generation of business aviation professional, organizers EBAA and NBAA said. The annual show in Geneva typically draws more than 13,000 attendees representing some 100 countries, and Chris...

Business aviation has a narrow opportunity to take the lead in a reputational battle with protesters by embracing new ideas that range from carbon-reducing fuels and new technologies to digital disruption. A line-up of speakers at this morning’s keynote sessions spelled out the threats and opportunities for the sector in a rapidly changing global transportation scene. Policymaker...

Pegasus Universal Aerospace has arrived at EBACE to formally launch its vertical take-off and landing business jet (VBJ), known as the Pegasus One. The South African start-up is debuting a one-eighth scale model of the aircraft at the show and is also opening the orderbook for the eight-seat type. Pegasus’s arrival in Geneva comes seven years after Reza Mia, founder and...

Pretoria, South Africa-based Pegasus Universal Aerospace is debuting a model of its Pegasus One VTOL business aircraft this week at EBACE 2019. On display at the Pegasus booth (D23) by the EBACE Innovation Zone, the two-by-two-meter (six-by-six-foot) model will showcase Pegasus’ design that combines capabilities of a helicopter with those of a turbine business aircraft. Working...

The Pegasus VTOL business jet made an appearance at EBACE this year, albeit as a scale model. Based in Pretoria, South Africa, Pegasus Universal Aerospace is working toward a VTOL, twin-engine jet capable of either vertical liftoff or rolling takeoff, and a cruise speed of 430 knots. While even a full-scale cabin mock-up is still in the future, the Pegasus One promises a lot of...

An autonomous, Chinese, two-seat urban transport vehicle is not one of the most anticipated sights on the exhibition floor at EBACE, but in the realm of UAVs, things happen quickly. EHang, one of the earliest and most successful developers of such aerial craft, signed a joint agreement in Guangzhou last November with FACC of Austria, designer, developer and manufacturer of...

Some people say the electric aircraft revolution has arrived. Others say: “Hogwash!” But none can deny that chatter about electric aircraft – which invariably involves discussion of air taxis and electric take-off and landing aircraft – intensifies at every EBACE. Electric aircraft and environmental sustainability were central topics discussed at EBACE’s opening...

Battery-powered drones are making lots of news these days – too often for causing trouble at commercial airports – but their larger VTOL siblings, capable of carrying passengers, are fast emerging as candidate vehicles for future urban mobility needs. Prominent at EBACE 2019 are two very different concepts, from China and South Africa. AVIC-owned FACC is here from Austria promoting...

EBACE 2019 put urban air mobility (UAM) on center stage Wednesday in its Innovation Zone, where moderator Cyrus Sigari, co-founder of JetAviva introduced a slew of innovators in the sector to show attendees. Among that group were a host of familiars, including Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer. Sigari suggested that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is correct when he said innovation...

Pegasus Universal, a Pretoria, South African-based aerospace company debuted a six-foot by six-foot model of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft – called Pegasus One – at this week’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exposition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The all-composite aircraft will offer a 2,400 nm range when it uses a standard runway or about 1,150 nm...