name	Paris Air ShowSalon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget
airport	Paris – Le Bourget Airport
location	Le Bourget, Paris (since 1953)
country	France
coordinates
establishment	1909
type	Commercial
held	Odd years, June
operator	Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales
attendance	380 000 (2009)
events	aerobatic displaysstatic displays
website	paris-air-show.com }}

The Paris Air Show (''Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget'') is the world's oldest and largest air show. Established in 1909, it is currently held every other year at Le Bourget Airport (IATA: LBG – ICAO: LFPB) in north Paris, France. There have been 49 shows total, including 2011.

The Paris Air Show is organised by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales'' (Gifas). It is a primarily commercial event, its main purpose being to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers. It is widely considered the most prestigious aircraft exposition in the world; traditionally, major aircraft sales contracts are announced by manufacturers during the show. All major international manufacturers, as well as representatives of the military forces of several countries, attend the Paris Air Show.

In addition to industrial visitors, during the closing days of the salon, the show welcomes a large number of visitors from the general public, when admission is not limited to visitors with industry affiliations. Some other shows in the region include the Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display and the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin (ILA), although these happen on alternating years.

History

The Paris Air Show traces its history back to the first decade of the 20th century. In 1908, a section of the Paris Automobile Show was dedicated to aircraft. The following year, a dedicated air show was held at the Grand Palais from 25 September to 17 October, during which 100,000 visitors turned out to see products and innovations from 380 exhibitors. There were four further shows before the First World War. The show re-started in 1919, and from 1924 it was held every two years before being interrupted again by the Second World War. It re-started again in 1946 and since 1949, has been held in every odd year.

The air show continued to be held at the Grand Palais, and from 1949 flying demonstrations were staged at Orly Airport. In 1953, the show was relocated from the Grand Palais to Le Bourget. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the show emerged as a powerful international rival to the Farnborough Air Show. The 1971 show featured a full scale mock-up of an Airbus A300 while the new DC-10 and Lockheed Tristar were present at the 1973 edition. Among major accidents, there were two crashes of Convair B-58 Hustler bombers, in 1961 (during aerobatics) and 1965 (during landing). The show suffered its worst accident in 1973 when a Tupolev Tu-144 crashed killing the six crew and eight people on the ground.

1973

At the Paris Air Show on June 3, 1973, the first Tupolev Tu-144 production aircraft (registration 77102) crashed. While in the air, it undertook a violent downward manoeuvre. Trying to pull out of the subsequent dive, the plane disintegrated and crashed, destroying 15 houses and killing all six on board and eight on the ground.

The causes of this incident remain controversial. Theories included: The Tu-144 was forced to avoid a French Mirage chase plane which was attempting to photograph its canards, which were very advanced for the time, and that the French and Soviet governments colluded with each other to cover up such details; that the cause of this accident was due to changes made by the ground engineering team to the auto-stabilisation input controls prior to the second day of display flights. These changes were intended to allow the Tu-144 to outperform Concorde in the display circuit; the deliberate misinformation on the part of the Anglo-French team. The main thrust of this theory was that the Anglo-French team knew that the Soviet team were planning to steal the design plans of Concorde, and the Soviets were allegedly passed false blueprints with a flawed design.

1989

The "38th Paris International Air and Space Show" or "1989 Paris Air Show", featured a variety of aerospace technology from NATO and Warsaw pact nations. A MiG 29 crashed during a demonstration flight with no loss of life. The then Soviet space shuttle Buran and its carrier Antonov An-225 was displayed outside of Russia at this show.

2005

:''Dates : June 13 to 19, 2005'' The 2005 show, held 13–19 June, was the 46th show, and witnessed the return of American companies in large numbers following the downscaling of their presence in 2003 in relation to the Iraq War. Another strain in relations in 2005 was the recently launched World Trade Organisation litigation, which involved action filed by the United States against the EU member States alleging WTO-inconsistent subsidies to Airbus.

The Airbus A380 opened the show with a flying display

2007

:''Dates : June 18 to 24, 2007'' In 2007 the 47th show took place. At this show the Airbus A330 MRTT tanker/transport, Antonov An-148 regional jet, Bell/Agusta BA609 tilt-trotor, Socata TBM 850 and the S4 Ehécatl unmanned aircraft were presented for the first time.

;Significant orders

Qatar Airways firms order for 80 Airbus A350 XWB and 3 additional A380 aircraft

Emirates Airline orders 8 additional A380 aircraft

US Airways orders 22 A350 XWB, 10 A330-200 and 60 A32X series (A319, A320, A321) aircraft

General Electric Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) orders 6 Boeing 777 Freighter and 60 A32X series aircraft

Lion Air orders 40 additional 737-900ER aircraft

Lufthansa orders 30 Embraer 190 E-Jets

Japan Airlines orders 10 170 E-Jets

Jazeera Airways orders 30 A320 aircraft (+10 options)

Nouvelair orders 2 A320 aircraft

Aviation Lease and Finance Company (Kuwait) ("ALAFCO") orders 12 A350 XWB aircraft

S7 Airlines orders 25 A320 aircraft

Air France orders 18 A32X series and 2 A380 aircraft

Intrepid Aviation, Inc. orders 20 A330-200F aircraft

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) orders an additional 50 787 (+2 options), 10 737 series, and 1 777-300ER aircraft

ItAli Airlines orders 10 (+10 options) Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft

Aeroflot orders 22 A350 XWB aircraft

Kingfisher Airlines orders 15 A350 XWB, 5 A340-500, 10 A330 and 20 A320 family aircraft

Afriqiyah Airways orders 6 A350 XWB aircraft

Etihad Airways orders 4 A340-600, 5 A330-200 and 3 A330-200 freighter aircraft

Aircastle Ltd. orders 15 A330-200F freighter aircraft and 5 A321 aircraft (for lease to Aeroflot)

KLM orders 7 737-700 aircraft

Air France orders 9 777-300ER aircraft

Libyan Airlines orders 7 A320, 4 A330 and 4 A350 XWB aircraft

CIT orders 25 A320 and 7 A350 XWB aircraft

Ural Airlines orders 5 A320 aircraft

MNG Airlines orders 2 A330-200F aircraft

Avianca orders 14 A320 and 5 A330 aircraft

Hong Kong Airlines orders 1 ACJ, 30 A320 and 20 A330 aircraft

BAA Jet Management orders 1 ACJ aircraft

Mandala Airlines orders 25 A350XA320 aircraft

Tiger Airways orders 30 A320 aircraft

Singapore Airlines orders 20 A350 XWB aircraft

National Air Service orders 20 A320 aircraft

2009

The 48th International Paris Air Show took place in 2009 and marked a hundred years of technological innovation in aeronautics and space conquest. The event was held from 15 to 21 June, at Le Bourget.

A memorial service was held at the air show for the victims of Air France Flight 447.

2011

:''Dates: June 20 to 26, 2011''.

The 2011 edition of the show is the 49th presentation, and hosts over international exhibitors in 28 international pavilions and has 150 aircraft, including the solar airplane Solar Impulse. The show is marked by the presence for the first time a Chinese manufacturer, COMAC, which according to industry analysts, should eventually become a competitor to Airbus and by the arrival of three new aircraft the company Boeing: passenger and cargo versions of the 747-8 and 787.

A demo A380 of the manufacturer was damaged the day before the exhibition opened and needed a replacement. while the new military transport aircraft A400M had an engine failure, but could still perform some demonstration flights. Airbus took in a total of about 910 orders for $ 88 billion, including $ 60 billion for the A320neo ordered by GECAS U.S., while Boeing announced orders for 141 totaling $ 22 billion. The show received attendance of about and 200 000 visitors in the days open to the public with for the day of June 26, 2011. This table includes options and controls included. {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Airplane ! Sales |- | Airbus A320neo | 667 |- | Airbus A320 | 34 |- | Airbus A330 | 11 |- | Airbus A350 | 6 |- | Airbus A380 | 12 |- | Boeing 737 | 91 |- | Boeing 777 | 27 |- | Boeing 747-8 | 19 |- | Boeing 787 | 4 |- | Bombardier CS100 | 26 |- | Bombardier CS300 | 30 |- | Global 8000 | 12 |- | Global 7000 | 4 |- | Embraer E-jets | 39 |- | ATR 72 | 130 |- | Sukhoi | 24 |- |}

See also

Aero India

Air show

Berlin Air Show

Dubai Airshow

Farnborough Airshow

MAKS Airshow

Air/Space America 88

List of airshows

References

;Notes

External links

GIFAS

Salon du Bourget, Photo Gallery

Live Coverage from the Paris Air Show

Category:Airshows Category:Trade shows in France Category:Aviation in France

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