• An Airbus A350 XWB on stationary display at the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
    An Airbus A350 XWB on stationary display at the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • Visitors inside a mock up of a Mitsubishi regional jet at the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Visitors inside a mock up of a Mitsubishi regional jet at the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • People watch as South Korea’s Black Eagles perform aerial manoeuvres during opening day of the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
    People watch as South Korea’s Black Eagles perform aerial manoeuvres during opening day of the Singapore Airshow. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team on KAI T-50B aircraft perform a flypast at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
    South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team on KAI T-50B aircraft perform a flypast at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
  • Coloured smoke billows as South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team performs an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP.
    Coloured smoke billows as South Korea’s Black Eagles aerobatics team performs an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP.
  • A Qatar Airways Airbus A380 aircraft is on static display during the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
    A Qatar Airways Airbus A380 aircraft is on static display during the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
  • Visitor take a look at a Scoot Dreamliner 787 on static display during the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
    Visitor take a look at a Scoot Dreamliner 787 on static display during the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
  • Scale models of Boeing commercial aircraft on display at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
    Scale models of Boeing commercial aircraft on display at the Singapore Airshow. Roslan Rahman / AFP
  • Spectators use handheld sunshades as they watch an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA
    Spectators use handheld sunshades as they watch an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA
  • A Singapore air force F-16 Fighting Falcon from General Dynamics painted in the livery of the Black Knights aerial acrobatic team. Wallace Woon / EPA
    A Singapore air force F-16 Fighting Falcon from General Dynamics painted in the livery of the Black Knights aerial acrobatic team. Wallace Woon / EPA
  • Various Bombardier executive jets on display at the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA
    Various Bombardier executive jets on display at the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA
  • A United States air force crewman in the cargo hold of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA
    A United States air force crewman in the cargo hold of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during the Singapore Airshow. Wallace Woon / EPA

Singapore Airshow 2016 opens – in pictures


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The Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest aerospace and defence exhibition, opened on Tuesday with major companies including Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier showcasing their latest aircraft, technologies and equipment.