Four months after US politicians demanded their defence giants boycott the 45th Paris air show, the world's biggest aerospace gathering survived largely unscathed in terms of visitor and exhibitor numbers. US exhibitors were down from 350 in 2001 to 283. But their absence was partly obscured by Airbus's A380 order confirmations, emphasis on unmanned air vehicles, an emotional last landing of Concorde, and strong Russian and Ukrainian presence.
Report: Alexander Campbell, Andrew Doyle, Max Kingsley-Jones, Peter La Franchi, Vladimir Karnozov, Paul Lewis, Christina Mackenzie, Murdo Morrison, Michael Phelan, Kate Sarsfield, Brendan Sobie, Graham Warwick, Justin Wastnage Photography: Mark Wagner
Source: Flight International