Boeing’s 747-8 Intercontinental was a highlight of the show. Neo-Capitalism A320neo rules the order book at the 2011 Paris Air Show Photos and Article by Bert van Leeuwen, Head of Aviation Research, DVB Bank SE A A Boeing 787 with an A380 on its vertical tail. And the winner is … Few visitors will be in doubt about who was the big winner of the 2011 Paris Air Show order contest at Le Bourget. At the end of the Paris Air Show, just seven months after the initially somewhat controversial re-engined version of the Airbus A320 was launched, the order tally for this A320neo (new engine option) stood at 668, plus an additional 361 letters of intent. Orders placed at the air show alone represented $60 billion of future capital expenditure (against list prices)! Whilst yours truly didn’t make it to Paris for the first day of the show this year, press reports covering the events on Monday indicated that Le Bourget had started with an avalanche of new order announcements. Airbus received a number of commitments for the neo from SAS, GECAS and ALC plus a few A330s for ALC and Saudia. Boeing booked some 24 The official publication of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading