With the largest ever participation in the chequered 100-year history of the ILA, the 1153 exhibitors from 47 countries (2008: 1,127/37) presented an impressive range of products and services from every area of the aerospace industry at ILA 2010 that took place 8-13 June in Berlin. Approximately 235,000 visitors (2008: 241,000) attended the fair. Compared with the previous ILA, the number of trade visitors increased slightly to 125,000 (2008: 120.000). Contracts and business agreements worth some 16.5 billion dollars were signed during the air show, the biggest single order being from the Emirates, which purchased a whopping 32 Airbus A380 aircraft at a total list price of some 11.5 billion dollars. According to Airbus, this agreement is the largest single order ever placed in the history of civil aviation. Airbus alone sold 67 aircraft during the ILA 2010, according to its CEO Dr. Thomas Enders.

Dietmar Schrick, President of the BDLI (organisers of the event), believes that the world’s oldest aviation and space show was in a stronger position than ever in 2010: “On the basis of the business conducted during this year’s show the ILA has again established itself as a topranking international aerospace event. In 2010 we have been able to record the single biggest order ever achieved at any aerospace show anywhere in the world. The enormous growth in almost all sections of this event confirms the strength of the underlying concept and the ILA 2010 has set new standards.”

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