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Aviation News Item: 00989
17th Sep 2009
Asian Aerospace 09 Big Success
Source: fly-corporate.com
 Reed Exhibitions drew in over 12,600 attendees - one third from China, one third from Asia and the remainder from the rest of the world - at Asian Aerospace 09 last week in Hong Kong.
Business aviation had a strong profile this year with a record 16 aircraft out in the static park (up from seven in 2007). There were debut appearances from Airbus' Elite ACJ A318, Dassault's Falcon 7X and Piaggio of Italy's fast business turboprop, the Avanti II. Gulfstream and Cessna, both absent at Paris Show, were present and Bombardier had a strong showing with a Global Express XRS, Challenger 605 and 850 and Learjet 60X on display.
The static display complemented a new two half-day conference in co-operation with Asian Business Aircraft Association (AsBAA) where OEMs and operators highlighted that China especially is going to be a huge market - but growth needs to be cautious and investment in infrastructure, maintenance and support will be crucial to success.
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