Dubai Airshow to break records

Dubai: The 10th biannual Dubai Airshow, kicking off on Sunday, will break all previous sales records, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai City of Aviation Establishment and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates airline and group, said yesterday.
The 2005 edition of the third largest airshow in the world saw roughly $21.3 billion in new aircraft purchases from Gulf airlines.
The 10th edition of the Dubai Airshow, featuring commercial, military and private aircraft, is completely sold out, thanks to the arrival of several major homegrown exhibitors. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is the host sponsor this year. Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi government's investment arm, will also exhibit and several announcements are planned on the company's budding aviation interests.
In addition, this year will see a detailed unveiling of Dubai World Central, the $33 billion, 14-square kilometre aviation hub currently under construction.
This year, the Dubai Airshow has grown by 17 per cent from 2005 in terms of exhibitors, due in part to the 130 newcomers from 24 countries that are showing.
National pavilions at the show will represent Austria, Canada, France, Germany, India, Jordan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, the UK and US.
Some of the 140 aircraft on static display will include several new-to-market models, according to organisers.
09/11/07 Ivan Gale/Gulf News, United Arab Emirates

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