The world's largest air show will be canceled in 2021

Created on 15.12.2020 08:49

Paris Air Show leaders have canceled the world's largest air show in Paris in 2021 due to ongoing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board of Directors of the Paris Air Show and the French Aerospace Industry Association (GIFAS) unanimously adopted a decision, the news agency ATO writes.

The Paris Air Show is held at Le Bourget Airport near the French capital and attracted more than 316,000 visitors in 2019, including civil and defense industry professionals and the general public, making the show the largest air show in the world. Contracts of $140 billion in the civil and military sectors were announced at the exhibition, 2019.

The first Paris Air Show was held in 1909, and since then the event has been held every two years, with breaks during the two World Wars. In 2021, the air show was supposed to be the 54th and take place from June 21 to 27.

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