Stryker touches down at Le Bourget the week of the European orthopedics congress

Stryker flew from Baltimore/Washington International to Paris-Le Bourget on June 1, a 6-hour 34-minute hop in the Bombardier Global 5000, tail N625SC. The flight arrived shortly after 1:33 a.m. local time on June 2.

The same week, the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) is holding its annual congress in Paris, running June 3-5, per the event's official schedule. Stryker, a major orthopedic device maker headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, typically exhibits at such meetings to showcase surgical implants and robotics. CEO Kevin Lobo and senior leadership often attend these gatherings to meet with European distributors and hospital procurement teams.

The trip follows a pattern of transatlantic hops for Stryker's fleet: the Global 5000 flew from Kalamazoo to Cork, Ireland on May 12, and back on May 15. The Baltimore stopover on June 1 likely connected a domestic leg with the Paris crossing. For Stryker, the EFORT Congress is a recurring fixture on the spring calendar.