EASA is holding a two-day workshop for the business aviation industry in Cologne, Germany, from January 21 to 22, 2025. According to the regulator, the event is intended as a platform for discussions “to support industry and manufacturers’ expectations for their projects in the coming years.”
The workshop is mainly intended for business aircraft manufacturers and type certificate holders, as well as national aviation authority officials involved in certification and operations. EASA also expects leading industry associations such as EBAA, GAMA, and NBAA to be involved.
More information about the workshop will be released over the coming weeks, EASA said. Registration for the workshop will open in September.
According to EBAA’s new secretary-general, Holger Krahmer, European regulators have tended not to adequately consider the needs of smaller sectors such as business aviation. The Brussels-based industry group is concerned over issues such as what it regards as discriminatory policies relating to carbon emissions reductions, such as the ReFuelEU requirements for the use of sustainable aviation fuel that currently lacks a book-and-claim option.