Airshow in Paris (Paris Air Show 2011)

Paris Le Bourget Airport from 20 th to June 26, became the center of attention of airlines and aircraft-building corporations. Here is the 49 th in a row Aerospace Show.

This year on the area of ​​more than 300 thousand square meters put 140 aircraft for civilian and military purposes. The lion's share of exhibits takes part in demonstration flights. A total of 2100 air show attended by companies from 44 countries of the world. A separate list is the 205 delegations from 80 countries of the world. In total, the waiting aircraft manufacturers contracts valued at approximately $ 60 billion. Among the participants of the Paris Air Show in 2011 the main "players" are still considered such "monsters" as Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and others. The greatest amount of contracts predicting Airbus, despite the incident on the first day of the air show, where pilots damaged aircraft wing behaved .




































































































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