Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Thanks to the World Economic Forum (WEF) that opens tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland, WingX Advance expects business aviation traffic this week to be twice that of normal levels at Zurich, Duebendorf, Altenrhein and St. Moritz Airports. Last year’s WEF was the busiest in three years and doubled the rest-of-year daily frequency of business aviation movements at these four principal WEF airports.

 


During WEF 2015, from January 20 to 24, a total of 1,174 movements were recorded at these airports. While the traffic ramp-up to an average of 235 movements per day during last year’s WEF is impressive, it is eclipsed by the 280 movements per day during the Monaco Grand Prix and the 1,200 daily movements during the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans, according to WingX.

 


Germany, France, UK and Switzerland were the main points of origin for business aviation flights coming into the WEF airports last year, it noted. From outside Europe, the U.S. accounted for 7 percent of arrivals; Russia, 5 percent; and Nigeria, 1 percent.

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

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During the 2015 World Economic Forum, from January 20 to 24, a total of 1,174 movements were recorded at four nearby airports.

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

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