SINGAPORE — Organisers of the Singapore Airshow are optimistic that Asia's biggest aerospace industry gathering will serve as a platform for the industry's top players to have "quality" conversations on how the Covid-19-ravaged sector can navigate its way out of the pandemic.
This is even as the event, which will take place at the Changi Exhibition Centre from Feb 15 to 18, is set to see a sharp drop in the number of visitors and exhibitors.
More than 13,000 will attend the event, including trade visitors, government officials, VIP delegations and buyers. This is a steep decline from the close to 30,000 attendees in 2020 and around 54,000 in 2018.
The biennial airshow has also confirmed almost 600 exhibitors, down from 930 seen at the last edition in 2020. There were more than 1,060 exhibitors in 2018.
Speaking at a media conference on Sunday, Mr Leck Chet Lam, the managing director of the airshow's organiser Experia Events, said: “In this current environment, attendance would surely be lower. All of us will expect that. But as far as (conversation) quality is concerned, I'm not worried.”
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