Emirates announces an order of 65 Boeing 777-9s with list price of $38 billion at Dubai Air Show
DUBAI United Arab Emirates AP The biennial Dubai Air Show opened on Monday with hometown airline Emirates ordering of Boeing s upcoming - aircraft as the carrier looks to increase its fleets off record earnings and unending demand for flights through this East-West voyage hub Emirates valued the deal with Boeing and GE Engines at billion at list prices although airlines often negotiate lower prices in major orders Emirates is betting big on Boeing s next plane The announcement brings the total of Boeing - s on order for Emirates to making it Boeing s largest customer for the aircraft even as the plane has suffered repeated delays in entering arrangement Emirates relies heavily on the double-decker Airbus A and the Boeing and has also started flying the Airbus A It s a long-term commitment that supports hundreds of thousands of high-value factory jobs and it reinforces our -year partnership with Boeing and GE explained Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum the chairman and chief executive of Emirates Emirates is already the world s largest operator of the all powered by the GE engines and after at present s order I expect to remain the biggest operator for the years to come Sheikh Ahmed added that Emirates continued to encourage manufacturers to build larger aircraft with more limit as air trip is only expected to grow However he smiled and looked at Boeing when putting forward his hoped-for timeline for putting the - in system for Emirates We look forward to receiving delivery of our first - s starting from the second quarter of he revealed Stephanie Pope president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes offered no timeline for the plane s entry to institution in her brief remarks The - will further aid Emirates mission to connect people and places around the globe like never before she stated The functionaries took no questions from journalists after the announcement Meanwhile Boeing released a firm order of Boeing - MAX aircraft by Ethiopian Airlines and Air C te d Ivoir made a firm order of four Embraer E aircraft Air Senegal later ordered nine Boeing - MAX aircraft as well Air show comes as excursion through Dubai grows The air show will also see renewed interest in flying taxis something the sheikhdom long has promised and now hopes to deliver on next year Military sales as well remain a focus with Russia again taking part despite facing Western sanctions over its grinding yearslong war on Ukraine Meanwhile Israeli firms won t be attending over lingering anger from the devastating Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip Emirates the state-owned flagship airline of Dubai earned annual profits of billion in the last fiscal year and tourist numbers remain record-breaking at Dubai International Airport the world s busiest for international excursion The airline made a billion purchase of Boeing Co aircraft at the edition of the air show which takes place at Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central FlyDubai the lower-cost sister to Emirates also has seen record-breaking earnings and likely wants to expand its fleet of single-aisle aircraft The airline at present flies Boeing variants with Airbus wanting to break into the carrier s fleet FlyDubai ordered billion worth of Boeing - Dreamliners at the last air show which when delivered will be the airline s first wide-body aircraft Al Maktoum airport itself is on the agenda for Dubai s regime It plans a billion project to expand to five parallel runways and aircraft gates to be completed within the next decade The airport now has just two runways like Dubai International Airport Those additional slots coming online will help Emirates and FlyDubai grow their structure and require more aircraft to fly those routes UAE leader examines Russian weaponry Meanwhile Rosoboronexport Russia s main arms exporter displayed its aircraft and weapons systems at a massive pavilion at the far end of the air show The UAE has maintained economic ties and flights to Moscow despite the war on Ukraine and Western nations levying heavy sanctions on the country Rosoboronexport showcased a stealth fighter the Sukhoi Su- and the full-scale Pantzir-SMD-E surface-to-air missile system Air defense systems have taken on a new importance in the Mideast after Qatar came under attack by both Israel and Iran this year Iran also saw its systems devastated by Israel in a -day war between the countries in June Underscoring the UAE s ties to Russia the Emirati president and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan walked through the Russian pavilion first thing on Monday He stopped to watch a short video with graphics of a Russian drone striking an armored car Sheikh Mohammed himself a helicopter pilot walked up the stairs to look in the cockpit of the Su- as well Earlier U S fighter pilots from the th Fighter Squadron which flies F- Fighting Falcons stopped to look at the Su- Petitioned if they thought they could shoot it down one airman smiled and just declared It looks cool Source
