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Airliner Order Backlogs Set To Grow at Busy Paris Show
With defense budgets falling, the civil aerospace sector is set to dominate this week’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport. (Photo: SIAE)
With defense budgets falling, the civil aerospace sector is set to dominate this week’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport. (Photo: SIAE)

Regardless of whether this week’s 50th Paris Air Show (June 17 to 23) sees a surprise fly-past by the newly airborne Airbus A350XWB widebody, the biennial event will open with expectations of yet more airliner orders further bolstering backlogs. Both Airbus and Boeing, which will display two 787 Dreamliners, are expected to announce further orders. Attention will also be on Bombardier and its soon-to-fly CSeries, as well as on emerging narrowbody rivals such as Russia’s Superjet SSJ100 and MC-21, Ukraine’s Antonov An-158 and China’s Comac, which will be under pressure to explain lengthening delays with its C919 and ARJ21 programs.