Even Brazil is going through a  challenging economic crisis, to ABAG – Brazilian Association of General Aviation  successfully promoted  the 14th edition of LABACE – Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.

The Event is held annually during the month of August.  Each year, ABAG has been filtering its public at LABACE  focusing the fair exclusively on potential buyers and consolidating an important business fair for the executive aviation market in Latin America.

About one hundred and thirty brands and 45 aircraft presented their products to the General and Executive Aviation market in the 2017 edition. Compared to the 2016 edition – 150 exhibitors and 48 aircraft were present statically at the event.

With regard to  highlight at LABACE 2017 in relation to jets – Dassault's new flagship, the Falcon 8X, was present once again, the 8X  debuted in  previous edition of LABACE. The jet, which is valued at an average of $188 million, was recently certified by the FAA and EASA.

"The Falcon 8X has broken new ground," said Jean Rosanvallon, President and CEO of Dassault Falcon Jet. “Brazil has shown strong demand for the Falcon 8X since it first announced the program two years ago with four of the first 20 planes scheduled to be delivered here. This is a big sign of a Brazilian market that could be just around the corner The Falcon 8X can fly from São Paulo to Moscow, non-stop, as well as across the entire continent of the United States and Europe.”

Derived from  Falcon 7X, the Falcon 8X “ultra-long range” class jet, was unveiled in May 2014 at EBACE and flew for the first time on February 6, 2015. The 8X offers  the widest range and longest cabin of any Falcon built, allowing it to fly its passengers comfortably. He too  share  7X's exceptional operating savings and short-range.

Leader Aviation and Honda Aircraft Company confirmed the presence of the HondaJet. The aircraft, which Líder represents exclusively in Brazil, was the main attraction of LABACE 2017, and once again attracted more visitors this year, the HondaJet received the type certificate from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC).  The Brazilian type certificate for the HondaJet follows approval in the United States (Federal Aviation Administration), Europe (European Aviation Safety Agency), Mexico (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) and Canada (Transport Canada). This was another opportunity to  see jet comfort up close  the world's most advanced lightweight category.

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Brazilian executive jet manufacturer Embraer Executive Jets presented its Phenom 100E, Phenom 300, Legacy 450, Legacy 500 and Legacy 650E jets.

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Canadian Bombardier was present with static Global 6000 aircraft, the current flagship of the manufacturer and the Challenger 350.

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American Gulfstream Aerospace was present with its incredible and luxurious Gulfstream G280 jets and the  G550.

TAM Aviação Executivo, representative of the Cessna manufacturer of Textron Aviation, brought to the fair the Cessna Citation Latitude jets; Citation CJ3+; Citation M2; King Air 350i; Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX; Turbo Stationair HD; Beechcraft Baron G58 and the Beechcraft Bonanza.