MAKS-1993

On the 30-th of March of 1993 the association of limited liability AVIASALON and “Glahe International KG” company established a German-Russian joint organization “Aerosalon” joint-stock company.

The first international aviation and space salon MAKS’93 was held since 31.08 till 05.09.1993 simultaneously at the three grounds: 

• The airfield of Gromov’s FRI in Zhukovsky, Moscow region. 
• Expocenter  in Moscow
• The central airfield in Moscow.

The considerable growth in the number of participants and visitors of the exhibition was noticed in 1993. The exhibition got it’s today’s official name and status of the International Aviation and Space Salon (IASS) “MAKS”.

260 organizations including 82 foreign companies from 17 countries took part in MAKS’93. 173 aircrafts where exhibited. In comparison with the previous exhibition the number of visitors increased and reached 400 000 people.

The year 1993 was an important landmark in the development of the aviation-and-space exhibition activity in Russia. After the MAKS’93 it became evident that exhibitions are to be held in a single place. According to the Order of the President of Russia the territory of the Gromov’s FRI in Zhukovsky was set as a single place for the International Aviation and Space Shows in Russia. Later, the exhibitions where held regularly on the odd years.