The Hawk jets of Britain’s Red Arrows display team fly 600 miles on one tank so they had to make 22 stops on their way to promote UK industry at China’s Zhuhai air show.
Aircraft manufacturers from Boeing and Airbus to Bombardier and Embraer are also going to great lengths to impress China, whether by promoting new models such as the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787, offering big discounts or promising to help the development of China’s aviation industry.
While Beijing’s mission to build its own airliners has gathered pace, western executives at the biennial show in the southern province of Guangdong do not expect a local competitor soon.
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