THE WORLD'S BEST PILOTS FLYED AGAIN IN THE DUBAI SKY AND THE SALES LEVEL AT THE DUBAI AIR SALON REACHED A MARK OF 100 BILLION DOLLARS AND DID THE MIDDLE EAST TO A NEW AIRCRAFT.
DUBAI AIR SHOW 2007 - TODAY SHOW third largest aerospace achievements in the world again had a record of using the concept 'BUSINESS TO BUSINESS ", will make it possible in the first two days of the exhibition to achieve record sales amount of 76 billion dollars. DUBAI AIR SHOW 2007 - A TRADITIONAL AIR AND SPACE SALON, WHICH IS HELD ONCE ONE TWO YEARS, AND THIS YEAR WENT TO THE EXPO DUBAI AIRPORT FROM November 11-15.
On the second day of the exhibition, the Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) signed a $ 13.5 billion contract with Airbus to buy 100 aircraft, which also included a joint deal with RollsRoyce to supply Trent XWB drive engines to launch airliners A350.
The newly acquired aircraft will be owned by DAE Capital, an aircraft leasing and financial operations company. Over the next few hours, DAE Capital representatives signed an agreement to purchase 100 aircraft worth $ 13.7 billion with Boeing, with 70 of the 100 airliners being the new generation Boeing 737 models, and the remaining 30 wide-body aircraft, which include a deal with General Electric to supply engines for their launch. Boeing then entered into an agreement on six additional 787-8 Dreamliner liners with Dubai-based LCAL. The amount of this agreement is equal to 972 million US dollars.
The signed deals helped maintain a balance between the two main competitors in the aircraft market - Airbus and Boeing. Ferrari Formula 1 racer Felip Massa also helped a little in promoting the business, declaring that the new Italian twin-engine turboprop airliner P180 Avanti II is the fastest in the world. Felip signed a contract with Piaggio Aero directly at the exhibition. The signing ceremony took place in the chalet of the construction company Mubadala Development Company from Abu Dhabi, which owns a 35% stake in Piaggio Aero and has a 5% stake in Ferrari S.p.A. The third day of the show was marked by the signing of several major contracts, which in total brought the sales level of Dubai Air Show 2007 to the mark of 100 billion US dollars.
"We expected major deals, but what happened exceeded all our expectations," said Virginia Kern, director of Fairs & Exhibitions (F&E), which is the organizer of the Dubai Air Show in conjunction with the Department of Civil Aviation of the Government of Dubai and the UAE Air Force. “Now there is no doubt that the Middle East is a place where you need to be sure if you are a serious player in the aerospace industry.” Dubai Air Show 2007, which this time was open only to industry professionals, was held in Dubai for the tenth time and became the largest ever: it was attended by 850 companies from 50 countries, and more than 140 aircraft were demonstrated.
It was joyful to meet at the booths of permanent and new participants from Russia and the CIS countries, among which were Rosoboronexport, MiG, Design Bureau Sukhoi, Antonov manufacturing aviation enterprise from Ukraine, helicopter manufacturers from Kazan and Tyumen, and many others . During the exhibition, one could get acquainted with the latest innovations and technical achievements of the Russian aviation industry, one of which was the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft passenger plane SuperJet 100. Representatives of the company during the Dubai air show were negotiating with representatives of different countries of the Middle East region about the supply of this type of aircraft, capable of flying over short distances, in the near future.
The unchanging classics of all Dubai Air Show are demonstration flights of the best aces of the present from around the world on the best jet, combat and passenger airliners. Let such well-known Russian aerobatic teams as Vityaz and Swifts not perform in Dubai, but their colleagues from the UK, France and other countries, as well as pilots on MiG-29 aircraft, again pleased many spectators. This year’s exhibition is the last one, which was held at Dubai Expo Airport before moving in 2009 to a new, specially designed venue located on the territory of Dubai World Central - a huge aviation town including the new Al Maktoum International Airport, which is already under construction in the Jebel Ali area, a 30-minute drive south of Dubai.
"Despite the main set of laws adopted for the new Dubai International Airport and its surrounding areas, the area of the new observation deck at Dubai World Central will allow us to significantly expand the scale of the air show, which undoubtedly has reached world level," said Aliston Weller, Director of aerospace industry at F&E. Many participants at the current exhibition have confirmed their plans for the future aerospace show in Dubai. Thus, the company National Air Services (NAS) from Saudi Arabia, which is the fastest growing independent provider of aviation services in the Middle East, told the media that it plans to add 120 new aircraft to its fleet at its next air show.
The Abu Dhabi carrier Royal Jet, which unveiled its five-year plan to expand its fleet, announced the renewal of its existing fleet of five Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) in accordance with the requirements of modern traveling businessmen.
Airbus Confirms Sale Of Nine A321 Airliners To New Egyptian Airlines - Nile Air. And the international aviation training provider, Alpha Aviation Group, has signed an agreement to create a joint venture with Sharjah-based Air Arabia Airlines, which will build a new International Aviation Academy there, with a total value of $ 20 million.
The new aerospace show in 2009 will occupy an area of 425 thousand square meters, which is twice the size of Expo Airport. Exhibitors will be provided with 42 thousand square meters of indoor exhibition space, 130 chalets, parking for more than 4000 cars. Hurry up! Until 2009, there is not much time left.
