Aircraft
Farnborough Show Set To Boost Conflicted Aerospace Industry
The aerospace and defense community has been through an existential challenge since the 2018 show, and it still faces multiple post-Covid difficulties.
The 2018 edition of the Farnborough Airshow attracted some 80,000 visitors and featured about 1,000 exhibitors. Organizers expect the respective numbers for this year's show to roughly match those of 2018. (Photo: David McIntosh)
The 2018 edition of the Farnborough Airshow attracted some 80,000 visitors and featured about 1,000 exhibitors. Organizers expect the respective numbers for this year's show to roughly match those of 2018. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Four years on from the last Farnborough International Airshow, the global aerospace and defense community looks ready and eager to reconvene for the 2022 event, despite the reality of an incomplete recovery of its equilibrium after an unplanned hiatus. Whether the industry will continue to sit in a prolonged Covid-inflicted holding pattern before getting back to a comfortable cruise altitude or whether the experience has permanently changed it for good or ill remains a lingering question.