Farnborough: bizav to take backseat to military, airlines
Paradoxically, business aviation will have both a lower and a higher profile at this year’s Farnborough Air Show, to be held July 22 to 28 in the UK.

Paradoxically, business aviation will have both a lower and a higher profile at this year’s Farnborough Air Show, to be held July 22 to 28 in the UK. Lower, because several executive aircraft manufacturers have opted to give the event a miss this time around. Higher, because, for the first time ever, the UK airport will not be closed to corporate traffic for the duration of the show.

At press time, Raytheon Aircraft, Boeing Business Jets and Cessna had all confirmed their absence from the Farnborough show. Several other corporate aircraft builders were also absent from the provisional exhibitors list for the sold-out show, including MD Helicopters and Bell Helicopters–although AIN was still awaiting definitive confirmation of these firms’ status.