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European Business Aviation Association

Logo: European BAA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Non-profit organization

European Business Aviation Association (abbr. EBAA) is a non-profit association based in Belgium founded in 1977. Its more than 700 member companies cover all aspects of the business aviation sector worldwide.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1977Founded1
  • Industryaircraft industry1
  • HeadquartersBrussels1
  • Websitewww.ebaa.org
  • Legal forminternational non-profit association1
  • Kind of organizationAssociation1
  • LEI875500A262P8TGX00A343
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressSquare de Meeûs 37, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 04256787583

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European Business Aviation Association (abbr. EBAA) is a non-profit association based in Belgium founded in 1977. Its more than 700 member companies cover all aspects of the business aviation sector worldwide. The EBAA's aim is to promote excellence and professionalism among its members and to ensure that aviation is properly recognized as a vital sector of the European Economy. EBAA represents corporate operators, commercial operators, manufacturers, airports, fixed-base operators, and business aviation service providers.2

The story

1977

Dr. Frits Philips of NV Philips and François Chavatte, head of IBM Flight Department in Europe, founded the International Business Aviation Association (Europe), set up in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with 12 founding members.

1984

Recognizing that Brussels was the strategic place to be, the Association moved to Belgium and became known as the EBAA (European Business Aviation Association). Membership amounted at that time to 49.

2001

Together with its US partner, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the EBAA launched the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Membership for the first time hit the 100+ landmark, reaching 137 that year.

From Wikipedia’s article on European Business Aviation Association, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1984Renamed Name changed to European Business Aviation Association1
  2. 1977Founded Founded1

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