The Paris air show opened its doors on 16 June, overshadowed by events taking place in Brussels and Fairfield, Connecticut, over the fate of the General Electric/Honeywell merger. But the show will go on and, despite evidence from airlines that the economic slowdown is starting to bite, the effect on manufacturers will be negligible, for now, as new orders are unveiled.
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Source: Flight International