Teal Group, FARNBOROUGH, England: Farnborough International Air Show 2006, opening Monday, July 17, 2006 at revitalized Farnborough Airport, will witness 126 new exhibitors this year, or 1,467 altogether, thus well exceeding 2004's record of 1,360 exhibitors, report Teal analysts in their weekly newsletter, Defense Business Briefing.
To date, exhibiting companies at Farnborough 2006 represent 36 countries with Greece, Spain and Mexico being represented for the first time. The flying and static displays have been booked to capacity. The Airbus A380 will make its UK air show debut as will the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, and five new business jets that will form part of the expanded corporate aviation presence, which now totals around 30 aircraft.
The RAF's Raytheon Sentinel R1 ASTOR surveillance aircraft with mobile ground stations will be on static display, hence, making its only public appearance outside of its home base of RAF Waddington before entering full operational service. Also making its Farnborough debut will be the MIG-290VT jet fighter from the MIG RAC (Russian Aircraft Corporation). The fighter made its first public appearance at the MAKS 2005 Air Show in Moscow.
Altogether, some 140-150 aircraft of all types are scheduled to be on static/flying display during Farnborough 2006, aided, in part, by brilliant marketing. Explained Manager Director of Farnborough International Trevor Sidebottom: “We listened to our exhibitors after the 2004 air show and reduced static aircraft display prices by 50%.”
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft currently signed up to display at Farnborough 2006 include the BAE Systems Herti 1A, Boeing N-UCAS, Boeing Scan Eagle, DRS Unmanned Technologies-Sentry HP, DRS Unmanned Technologies-Neptune, Elbit-Hermes 450, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator, Finmeccanica SKY-X UAV, Honeywell Micro Air Vehicle, Northrop Grumman RQ-8A Fire Scout, and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk.
Farnborough 2006 opens at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 17, a short day, with the show closing at 4:00 p.m. Regular Farnborough show hours are from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., with flying displays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. daily. Trade Days are Monday through Friday, July 17 through July 21. Public Days are Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23.
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