Keynote – 2025 NBAA-BACE

NBAA-BACE is the world’s most powerful business aviation event – one unlike any other, when leaders gather to build the next era of aviation. It’s the only place to find business aviation’s most exciting disruptors, most advanced innovations and most important thinkers – all redefining what’s possible.

Tuesday, Oct. 22

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall

Joining the keynote stage is two-time platinum, GRAMMY® nominated country singer and entrepreneur, Dierks Bentley.

His career has produced eight Number One albums, 22 Number One songs, over nine billion global streams, plus 15 GRAMMY® nominations and membership in the historic Grand Ole Opry. Beyond that, millions of fans have connected to his songs featuring equal parts energy and emotion, and tastemakers around the nation continue to hail Bentley as one of country’s most authentic entertainers. With top-flight musicianship and boundless energy in the nation’s most iconic settings.

Bentley’s experience as an aviator began when he earned his pilot’s certificate in his early 20s, flying a single-engine piston airplane. Later, he progressed through his instrument and multiengine ratings, operating larger, turbine-powered aircraft.

Today, Bentley flies two Textron Aviation aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan single-engine turboprop and a Cessna Citation CJ4 business jet, providing him flexibility to crisscross the nation, performing at venues of all sizes, and in support of his entrepreneurial activities.

Other Keynote Highlights

NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen will set the stage for 2025 NBAA-BACE and speak on what’s reshaping the world of flight.