London Biggin Hill Airport

Air Charter Expo 2023 hailed a great success

Air Charter Expo 2023 (ACE’23), organised by The Air Charter Association, in partnership with Business Air News and hosted by London Biggin Hill Airport, has been hailed a great success.

ACE continues to expand, and this year’s event welcomed more than 1,450 attendees, representing leading companies from across the global air charter industry and providing fantastic networking opportunities.

More than 80 exhibitors took part in the event, alongside an outstanding static aircraft display, featuring a wide range of fixed wing and rotary aircraft, including business and commercial jets. The display featured, amongst others, an Embraer ERJ135, Dassault Falcon 900LX and a Gulfstream G600.

ACE 23 Static Display | Photo: Susanne Hakuba.

The ACE’23 conference sessions also provided a wide variety of thought-provoking discussions. Featured topics included sustainable air charter, reviews of the rotary and cargo markets, and an introduction to Dassault Aviation’s new Falcon 6X.

The final session provided an overview of The ACA Broker Qualification, introduced by Training Manager Julie Ellis and CEO Glenn Hogben.

Other notable speakers included The ACA’s Chairman Kevin Ducksbury, also of Air Partner; Board Members Emily Williams of IW Aviation; Chris Mace of MaceAero, Alana Burns of Atlas Helicopters, and Rachel Gardner-Poole, Chair of the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council Zero Emission Flight Delivery Group. The conference programme finished with a networking drinks reception for all ACA members.

Chairman of The ACA, Kevin Ducksbury says: “ACE continues to develop and feedback from exhibitors and members after the 2023 show has been outstanding. Our thanks go as always to our host London Biggin Hill Airport and partner Business Air News, without whom this fantastic event would not be possible.”

The date for 2024 has been set for Tuesday 10 September and a number of exhibitors have already booked to come back next year.