Farnborough International Air Show Report: September 2004
Multi-billion-dollar airliner orders are back in fashion on the international airshow circuit if July’s Farnborough International ’04 event proves to signa

Multi-billion-dollar airliner orders are back in fashion on the international airshow circuit if July’s Farnborough International ’04 event proves to signal the start of a trend. Most airframers, from Airbus and Boeing downward, reported significant new business at the show, as the civil aerospace sector finally seemed able to point to tangible evidence of a meaningful–if still tentative–recovery from the downturn it has endured for the past three years.