The Farnborough International Airshow had seen $72 billion worth of orders.
That is significantly up on the $47bn from 2010 but still shy of the $88.7bn announced in 2008.
ADS – the UK aerospace, defence and security trade organisation – and its subsidiary Farnborough International Ltd revealed the figures on the final trade day yesterday.
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