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2007 Paris Air Show Is This Week

By NewsDude ,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2007 9:24 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The 99-year old Paris Air Show, the air industry's largest trade show, starts this week. Over the years every major flying machine, including the Space Shuttle, has appeared at the show. This year the battle for attention is between Airbus' double-decker  A380 (and its little sister the A350) and Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.

This year Boeing is kicking Airbus all over the tarmac with commitments for 429 aircraft so far, compared to only 201 for Airbus. But there will be many new announcements at the show. Last year Airbus' order book for the show was twice that of Boeing.

An Airbus A380 superjumbo is sprayed with water by firetrucks as it lands for the first time at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Friday, June 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
An Airbus A380 superjumbo is sprayed with water by firetrucks as it lands for the first time at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Friday, June 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)   (Associated Press)
A worker works under a Dassault drone aircraft at Le Bourget air show, north of Paris, Saturday June 16, 2007. The world's biggest air show is bigger than ever this year but the main story hasn't changed
A worker works under a Dassault drone aircraft at Le Bourget air show, north of Paris, Saturday June 16, 2007. The world's biggest air show is bigger than ever this year but the main story hasn't changed   (Associated Press)
An Airbus A380 flies during the opening day of the 46th air show at Le Bourget, outside Paris, in this June 13, 2005 file photo. A weaker dollar and major delays at its Airbus unit dragged annual profit down at EADS NV, the company said Friday, March 9, 2007 as...
An Airbus A380 flies during the opening day of the 46th air show at Le Bourget, outside Paris, in this June 13, 2005 file photo. A weaker dollar and major delays at its Airbus unit dragged annual profit...   (Associated Press)
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Boeing 787 Dreamliner   (Getty Images)
The all-new Boeing 787
The all-new Boeing 787   (Getty Images)
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