The African Business Aviation Association is a thriving organization of 106 members with a presence at EBACE, but that buoyancy is reduced by its members’ firsthand knowledge of the daunting challenges that continue to face aviation in the African continent.

Customers now get a new interior design with improved seats and an e-copilot, which includes a Safe Flight angle-of-attack indication on the PFD.

Perhaps the “AW169” designation of the helicopter making its first EBACE appearance will serve as a reminder that Leonardo Helicopters originated with what we used to know as the AgustaWestland division of Finmeccanica.