• An Airbus A350 XWB lands during the MAKS 2015 outside Moscow. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    An Airbus A350 XWB lands during the MAKS 2015 outside Moscow. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • A visitor takes a tour inside the Airbus A350 XWB on display at MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    A visitor takes a tour inside the Airbus A350 XWB on display at MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • People walk past Russian aircraft on display at the MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    People walk past Russian aircraft on display at the MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • A vendor sells souvenirs while walking in front of an exhibition of old and rare airplanes. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
    A vendor sells souvenirs while walking in front of an exhibition of old and rare airplanes. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
  • Russian servicemen push a vintage fighter plane into place at the MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
    Russian servicemen push a vintage fighter plane into place at the MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
  • A Douglas DC-3 is on static display at the retro collection pavilion of MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
    A Douglas DC-3 is on static display at the retro collection pavilion of MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
  • An Airbus A350 XWB aircraft flies over the domes of an Orthodox church during the MAKS 2015. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
    An Airbus A350 XWB aircraft flies over the domes of an Orthodox church during the MAKS 2015. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
  • People queue to enter a Sukhoi Superjet 100, one of Russia's showcase aircraft on display at MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    People queue to enter a Sukhoi Superjet 100, one of Russia's showcase aircraft on display at MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • A Chinese made Harbin Y-12 performs at the Russian air show. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
    A Chinese made Harbin Y-12 performs at the Russian air show. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
  • A Sukhoi Su-30, a two-seat super-maneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation, performs at the MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
    A Sukhoi Su-30, a two-seat super-maneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation, performs at the MAKS 2015. Sergei Chirikov / EPA
  • Visitors walk past a lineup of Russian aircraft during the MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
    Visitors walk past a lineup of Russian aircraft during the MAKS 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP Photo
  • Spectators watch L-39 Albatros jet trainer aircrafts of Latvia’s Baltic Bees aerobatic team perform during the MAKS 2015. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
    Spectators watch L-39 Albatros jet trainer aircrafts of Latvia’s Baltic Bees aerobatic team perform during the MAKS 2015. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters

Putin and Airbus turn out for Russia’s MAKS 2015 air show – in pictures


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The Russian president Vladimir Putin was in attendance at the International Aviation and Space Salon last week as the show welcomed more than 150 aerospace manufacturers and air carriers from 25 countries looking for contracts and clients during the six-day event.