New Association Targets Bizav in Southeast Europe

The Central Europe Private Aviation (CEPA) group has formed an affiliated organization called Southeast Europe Private Aviation (SOPA), which will be headquartered in Cyprus. The new group will initially concentrate on representing the business aviation industry in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and Lebanon by lobbying governments and helping companies. According to CEPA chairwoman Dagmar Grossmann (in photo), these countries are expected to experience significant business aviation growth. There are currently around 71 business jets and 18 turboprops in Turkey while Greece has about 22 business jets and 15 turboprops and Cyprus has three and two, respectively. No data is available regarding business aircraft registered in Lebanon.