Farnborough airshow opens today

If someone is even remotely interested in aviation (and I'm a fair bit lot more interested in it), they have probably heard about the city of Farnborough in the south part of England and their annual airshow, the Farnborough International Airshow. It's the airshow where the big boys play, and this year, there's bound to be a showdown in attracting potential buyers between Boeings new 787 Dreamliner versus Airbus new military transport plane the A400M. This years airshow will be even bigger than the previous 61 years, with a total exhibition space of 110,000 square meters of floor, 1,400 exhibitors expecting around 150,000 visitors.

During last years airshow, a total of $88.7 billion worth of orders were placed. Naturally they're hoping to break even higher than that during this years exhibition.