RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina business recruiters plan a two-week trip to Europe that includes a stop at the Paris air show and an estimated price tag of more than $137,000.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that the five-member delegation has meetings scheduled with 27 companies in five countries. Officials say the trip has the potential to bring investment to North Carolina worth $466 million and 2,900 jobs.

Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco says the trip is necessary to continue building the state’s place in the aviation industry.

North Carolina already has attracted HondaJet’s headquarters and planned manufacturing facility to the Greensboro area. Spirit Aerosystems is building a jetliner component plant in Kinston.