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DUBAI: Dubai Air Show broke the record this year with an estimated $23 billion in deals revealed, compared with the previous record of about 16 billion in 2001, according to a tally by AFP.
An official from the organisers said 720 companies exhibited at the ninth edition of the show, which is held every two years, compared with 520 in 2003.
More than 30,000 people are expected to have visited the five-day event since its start on Sunday, including official delegations from 88 countries, said Clive Richardson of UK-based Fairs and Exhibitions. "This was the biggest show in terms of everything," he said on Wednesday.
Although the show is officially open until Thursday no more formal deal announcements are expected.
In the estimated $23 billion worth of deals announced in Dubai since Sunday, according to the AFP tally, the largest was made by Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates for 42 units from Boeing’s 777 family of long-haul aircraft, in a deal worth $9.7 billion.
The traditional rivalry between America’s Boeing and Europe’s Airbus took centre stage again at the show as the world’s two leading aircraft makers fight to sell their planes to wealthy Gulf countries like the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which are sinking billions of dollars into expanding their fleets and airports.
An official from the organisers said 720 companies exhibited at the ninth edition of the show, which is held every two years, compared with 520 in 2003.
More than 30,000 people are expected to have visited the five-day event since its start on Sunday, including official delegations from 88 countries, said Clive Richardson of UK-based Fairs and Exhibitions. "This was the biggest show in terms of everything," he said on Wednesday.
Although the show is officially open until Thursday no more formal deal announcements are expected.
In the estimated $23 billion worth of deals announced in Dubai since Sunday, according to the AFP tally, the largest was made by Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates for 42 units from Boeing’s 777 family of long-haul aircraft, in a deal worth $9.7 billion.
The traditional rivalry between America’s Boeing and Europe’s Airbus took centre stage again at the show as the world’s two leading aircraft makers fight to sell their planes to wealthy Gulf countries like the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which are sinking billions of dollars into expanding their fleets and airports.