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2000
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JAPANESE ASJiuBMkGm showcase Hardly a month after Singapore's Asian Aerospace exhibition, Tokyo Aerospace stages a comeback to the crowded Asia- Pacific trade show scene ANDRZEJ JEZIORSKI/TOKYO AFTER A FIVE-YEAR hiatus, the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC) is bringing back the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition, to be held for the first time at the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre. The organisers say that Tokyo Aerospace 2000 (TA2000) will "open the door to aerospace businesses in the coming century", although some major manufacturers remain sceptical. The timing of the exhibition - barely a month after the well-attended Asian Aerospace show in Singapore - has dampened its impact, say indus try observers. The Asia-Pacific region has more trade shows than are necessary, some believe. One notable absentee from the Tokyo exhibitor list is BAE Systems, with officials say ing that the show's timing influenced its deci sion not to attend. In any case, the company's large commercial aircraft interests will be rep resented by Airbus Industrie's presence. The show's history dates back to 1966, when the first Tokyo Aerospace was held at a Japanese Air Self-Defence Force base at Iruma. The first seven shows were primarily flying displays with static parks, but the style of the event changed radically in 1991, when it moved to the Nippon Convention Centre and became an indoor exhi bition. The number of attendees dropped dramati cally, from 430,000 to 80,000, but the show- became more industry-focused. The next show, 28 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 14 - 20 March 2000
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