Singapore Airshow tickets almost sold out
08:53 PM Feb 12, 2012
SINGAPORE – Some 70,000 tickets to this
year’s Singapore Airshow have been snapped up.
Organisers expect the remaining 20,000 tickets for the public to
sell out over the next three days.
Ninety thousand tickets have been set aside for the public, and
another 10,000 for corporate partners.
The event opens to trade visitors on Tuesday and to the public
the following weekend on Feb 18 and 19.
Forty-five thousand public tickets have been allocated for each
day of the weekend.
And organisers said tickets for Feb 18 are close to being sold
out.
The world’s biggest players are gearing up to tap on the
Republic’s growing aerospace sector, which created 8,000 jobs in
the last decade.
The Economic Development Board said four in five of jobs created
in the aerospace sector went to Singaporeans.
Mr Lim Kok Kiang, executive director of Transport Engineering at
the Singapore Economic Development Board, said: “The maintenance,
repair and overhaul sector will continue to be a key focus. We want
to deepen capabilities and move up the value-chain in this.
“Manufacturing is emerging as another key pillar of growth for
the aerospace industry. At the same time, we are also expanding and
extending into aftermarket services, such as aircraft leasing and
training, pilot training. All these will create good job
opportunities for Singaporeans.”
Singapore Technologies Engineering has the biggest presence at
the airshow, showing off its defence and aerospace wares, plus
ideas for a greener future.
Around 140,000 delegates and public visitors are expected to
pack the event held at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
Mr Jimmy Lau, managing director of Experia Events, the organiser
for the Singapore Airshow 2012, said: “What we’ve done is to create
more access for everyone, at the same time improve on the local
transportation – the shuttle service. The frequency has been
increased to every two minutes.” CHANNEL
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