EBACE and Geneva. Aircraft, terminal and cars for your Geneva week, on one booking.
The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition has been the industry's meeting point at Palexpo for twenty years. The 2026 edition was cancelled and no replacement has been announced. Below is the current position, and how we move people through Geneva in the meantime.
The position
EBACE as things stand
- 2026 editionCancelledEBAA cancelled the show in April 2026, less than two months before it was due to run on 2 to 4 June.
- Reason givenThe format did not deliver a viable editionEBAA said the EBACE26 format had not generated the momentum needed. Its joint organising partnership ended the year before.
- Next editionNot announcedEBAA has said it remains committed to serving the European community but has published no date, venue or format.
- Where it was heldPalexpo, GenevaThe exhibition halls sit directly beside Geneva Airport, with the static aircraft display on the airport side.
Third-party listing sites still advertise 2027 dates. Those are not from the organiser. We will update this page when EBAA publishes something.
Next dates
Tell me when the dates are announced
The 2027 dates for EBACE, Geneva are not confirmed yet. Leave your email and we will tell you as soon as they are announced, so the travel can be planned while the best options are still open.
Thank you. We will email you as soon as the dates are announced.
Why this page still exists
Geneva did not stop being the centre of it
The show may be in abeyance, but the reason it was in Geneva has not changed. Palexpo is one of the few European exhibition centres you can walk to from an airport apron, the Swiss regulatory and financial infrastructure for aircraft ownership sits in the same city, and a large share of Europe's operators, financiers, lawyers and aircraft sales people still come through Geneva several times a year. Our diary in May and June is busy whether or not a show is running.
If you are travelling to Geneva for a meeting week, a delivery, an inspection or a customer demonstration flight, the transport problem is the same one EBACE always presented: a lot of people arriving at one small airport, and a short distance that becomes slow at exactly the wrong hour.
Journey times
Around Geneva
| From | To | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| Geneva Airport | Palexpo | Under 5 minutes by road, and walkable |
| Geneva Airport | City centre and the lakefront hotels | 10 to 20 minutes |
| Geneva Airport | Nyon and the Vaud lakeside | 25 to 40 minutes |
| Geneva Airport | Chamonix | 1 hour to 1 hour 30 |
| Geneva Airport | Verbier | 1 hour 45 to 2 hours 30 |
| Geneva | Zurich by road | 3 to 3 hours 30 |
Planning guidance, not promises. The airport approach and the lakefront both queue at the evening peak.
What clients ask for
A Geneva week, run from one desk
- A car and chauffeur held for the day rather than booked as separate transfers, because meeting weeks overrun
- Collection at the private terminal on the airport's business aviation side, arranged with the handling agent
- Several cars moving a delegation between the airport, Palexpo and a hotel on the same timings
- Aircraft arranged into Geneva, with alternates considered early because parking on the field is finite in a busy week
- Onward transfers into the Alps for anyone combining the trip with the mountains
- Cars in London at both ends of the trip, from our own fleet and our own chauffeurs
Arriving
The airport is the constraint, not the roads
Geneva is a single-runway airport with a French sector and limited aircraft parking, and in any week when the industry converges on the city that parking is the thing that runs out first. Slots and stands are worth asking about well before the trip, and it is sometimes quicker to plan a landing elsewhere and drive in than to argue for a stand. We arrange the aircraft and will tell you when an alternate makes more sense than a preference.
On the ground, our own cars and employed chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In Geneva we arrange cars through operators we have worked with for years, and we remain the single point of contact, so a delayed arrival or a meeting that runs two hours long is one phone call rather than three.
We will keep this current
When EBAA announces something, this page changes the same week
If you are planning a European business aviation trip and want to know what is actually happening rather than what a listings site says, ask us. We would rather tell you a show is not running than sell you cars for it.
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Questions people ask
About EBACE and Geneva
Is EBACE happening in 2027?
Nothing has been announced. EBAA cancelled the 2026 edition in April 2026 and has not published a date, venue or format for a future show. Sites advertising 2027 dates are not quoting the organiser.
Can you still arrange everything for a Geneva trip?
Yes. Aircraft, private terminal handling and cars, on one booking and one contact, whether or not a show is running.
Are the cars in Geneva yours?
Our own fleet and employed chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In Geneva we arrange cars through operators we know and stay responsible for the arrangement.
Can you get a stand at Geneva in a busy week?
We will ask, early, and tell you plainly what the answer is. Parking is the tightest constraint at Geneva and no one can promise it.
Are you connected to EBAA or to the show?
No. We are an independent company arranging transport. We have no official status with EBAA, EBACE or Palexpo.
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