The 51st Air Show and Space Bourget opens, Monday, June 15, with a new round of the Airbus-Boeing match which, in the no new programs began with a flurry of optimistic predictions on the growth of the sector. President François Hollande’s launch on Monday and this “could be the occasion to announce new large civil aircraft contracts,” according to his entourage. In recent days, the European Airbus and Boeing have significantly raised their growth forecasts for the next 20 years. The head of the civil aviation branch of Airbus, Fabrice Brégier, Friday assessed the needs of airlines around 32,600 devices in this period, up 4% from its previous forecast. The Boeing had announced Thursday its own forecasts, up 3.5% to 38,050 units, for an estimated $ 5.600 billion.
Airbus winner against Boeing in 2013
There are two years, Airbus had 39.3 billion in firm orders while his rival Seattle raked in 38 billion. The living room of the Bourget had totaled 115 billion euros in orders for the entire aviation industry.
“I do not know if 2015 will be the all records (…) but it will be a good show “with” hundreds “of orders, promised Fabrice Brégier. “We have many things in pipes, on medium and long haul,” added Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing at Boeing.
The sector is based on the strong growth global air traffic, from 100 million passengers in 1960 to just over 3 billion in 2013. “This year, almost three billion people will travel by air, and in 2034 this figure will have increased to seven billion” Randy Tinseth predicted.
In response to this request, “aircraft manufacturers are changing their business strategy and their suppliers to increase production rates while offering incremental innovations (improvement, ed)” of their devices, notes the firm Argon Consulting, specializing in air.
spectacular but just as real Less, the trade war between regional manufacturers could be revived by the latest Canadian Bombardier CSeries , unveiled at the Bourget .
The environment in the spotlight
The biennial aerospace will further the opportunity emphasis on the environment, while the site of Bourget will host the COP21 global climate conference in November.
named exhibition ” heaven tomorrow “is organized, and a ministerial meeting of the Council for Civil Aeronautics Research (Corac) will be held on June 18 around what the industry for climate.
The commercial aviation, which represents 2% of greenhouse gas emissions, is carbon neutral by 2020 and a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, particularly thanks to biofuels.
As such, the industry will expose concepts such as all-electric aircraft Airbus E-Fan or Green Taxiing
Another issue. employment, when the aerospace industry worth to recruit in certain specialties. An exhibition around a “plane trades” having the different steps of the manufacturing process of an aircraft, is organized with the aim to encourage vocations among young people.
With 315,000 visitors expected this year, including 140,000 professionals, Bourget confirmed its status as “the world’s largest air show and space,” according to Marwan Lahoud, the president of GIFAS, which represents the aerospace industry in France and director of the Airbus Group strategy.
The organizers expect 2,260 exhibitors, up 5% from 2013, which will be a record. Almost half are foreign and 47 countries are represented.
Among the stars this year, the Ukrainian Antonov 178 or the JF-17, a Pakistani fighter aircraft, will make their first international appearance.
The Rafale will be one of the attractions after his consecration in exports with tripled (Egypt, India, Qatar) in recent months. The Airbus A400M, a copy crashed early May during a test flight in Seville, killing four people, conduct flight demonstrations.
Airbus will also rob his last -DO A350 facing its competitor, the Boeing Dreamliner, and present its H160, an ultra-innovative helicopter of last generation.
In the space, the group will also present its concept of reusable launch vehicle, the antithesis of that of US rival Space X.
(With AFP)
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