The largest announced at the air show contract was an agreement Airways c American General Electric for maintenance of engines that will be installed on ordered in 2013 one hundred passenger aircraft Boeing-777.
DUBAI, 12 Nov. Anna Chernova-Kalichuk. The total amount of transactions in the Dubai Airshow 2015 $ 39.8 billion against more than $ 200 billion at the Paris air show in 2013, said the organizers.
In 2013, a record purchase of Airbus and Boeing then realized, Emirates airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways. This time two of the largest contract for the supply of commercial airplanes has received Boeing and Airbus. Indian Jet Airways confirmed the order 75 Boeing 737 MAX worth $ 8 billion, and Vietnamese Vietjet announced an order for 30 Airbus A321 in the amount of 3.6 billion dollars.
The largest announced at the air show contract was an agreement Airways c American General Electric for maintenance of engines that will be installed on ordered in 2013 one hundred passenger aircraft Boeing-777.
Most of the contracts in the military sphere were in the UAE. The Ministry of defence of the country signed an agreement with Swedish company Saab for the supply of two business jets for top government officials and their equipment with the newest radars in the amount of 1,27 billion dollars. In addition, the armed forces of the UAE will receive three convertiplane AW609 AgustaWestland, which can be used in rescue operations. At the same time representatives of the Ministry of defence has denied that the aircraft can be placed in Yemen to support fighting a coalition of Arab States led by Saudi Arabia.
Earlier also it was reported that Dubai Airshow-2015 one of the key events of the air show was the announcement of the signing of a long-awaited contract for the supply of Russian air defense s-300 to Iran.
The organizers of the Airshow say that next time, in 2017, the amount of transactions at the air show must reach $ 300 billion. This time the show fell short of some expectations, according to which the total amount of transactions had to be of the order of one hundred billion dollars.
International exhibition Dubai Airshow has been held since 1989 with the assistance of the government and civil aviation of the Emirate of Dubai and the Ministry of defence of the UAE. Her subjects — armaments and military equipment of the air force, air defenses, space technology, civil aviation, and technology. This year the Airshow was held from 8 to 12 November.
