LABACE, ENGINES ON

This year edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition, LABACE 2018, takes place in a special moment of the business aviation in Latin America. After at least three years of uncertainties, the market gives the first signs of reaction, mainly in view of the perspective of the recovery of economic growth in Brazil, which has the largest fleet of the region, together with Mexico, both of them, by the way, with presidential elections this year. Issues such as oil barrel price and foreign exchange rate variations are still a concern, but analysts believe that the real productive economy is ready to react, and still are repressed resources for this. Due to physical restrictions in Congonhas, LABACE did not allow the exhibition of the entire portfolio of the leading manufacturers, but to Sao Paulo came ones of the world’s most sophisticated aircrafts.

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The Challenger series may be considered one of the watersheds of the business aviation market, since it has created an aircraft family with high flexibility and wide cabin. The model became the most delivered over the past years and its project was the base for the CRJ regional jet, thanks to its operating flexibility and wide internal space. The Challenger 350, the newest member of the family, was given a series of improvements during the project, such as aerodynamic solutions of high performance, mainly in the wings. With a