Air show competition heating up

We reported last year on one of the biggest shocks in Asia's exhibitions industry when it was announced that Reed and Singapore had fallen out over Asian Aerospace. We also noted back in November that Reed was looking pretty serious about re-launching the show somewhere else.

It seems that the competition to host the relocated Asian Aerospace is heating up. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (no link - subscribers only) yesterday reported industry rumours that the final candidates are Bangkok, Hong Kong (probably linked with Zhuhai Airport for military displays) and Shanghai.

Apparently, according to Flight International (another Reed product), the highlight of the last Singapore-based Asian Aerospace which takes place next month will be the presence of the new Airbus A-380 painted in the colours of its launch customer, Singapore Airlines.