Hadvert been scheduled for mid-November, no new dates but O
Hadvert been scheduled for mid-November, no new dates but
Occasion normally attracts key suppliers like Airbus, Boeing, COMAC
International nationals nonetheless largely barred from coming into China
Provides assertion from organisers, present particulars
BEIJING, Oct 13 (Reuters) – China’s Worldwide Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the nation’s largest air present, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the present’s organiser mentioned on Tuesday.
The air present had been scheduled to happen within the southern metropolis of Zhuhai in mid-November. The organisers mentioned they’d announce new dates later, in keeping with a press release on the present’s web site, which added that well being and security issues have been behind the postponement.
The biennial occasion normally attracts key suppliers – comparable to Airbus SE AIR.PA, Boeing Co BA.N and Industrial Plane Corp of China (COMAC) – and has historically been utilized by Beijing to indicate off its rising aviation functionality, together with navy fighters and drones.
The postponement comes as foreigners are largely barred from coming into China over issues about importing coronavirus circumstances, and there are extreme restrictions on worldwide flights.
This yr’s largest aerospace expo, Britain’s Farnborough Airshow, was cancelled due to journey curbs and an trade downturn ensuing from the pandemic.
Many Western aerospace firms have decreased budgets and a few weren’t planning to attend the Zhuhai air present if it had gone forward, firm sources instructed Reuters final month.
(Reporting by Stella Qiu in Beijing and Jamie Freed in Sydney; Modifying by Christian Schmollinger and Gerry Doyle)
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