Emirates opens 10th Dubai show with $30B order
With a characteristically nimble response to market demand, Emirates Airline hastily re-scheduled an announcement here yesterday of more than $30 billion w

With a characteristically nimble response to market demand, Emirates Airline hastily re-scheduled an announcement here yesterday of more than $30 billion worth of aircraft orders to accommodate the presence of Dubai ruler HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. As dozens of journalists jostled to gain access through appropriate levels of security, Emirates chairman and chief executive HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum revealed and signed orders for 93 aircraft and took options on 50 more.

Under the terms of the deal, the airline will take 50 Airbus A350-900 twin-aisle twinjets, 20 A350-1000s, 11 A380 superjumbos and 12 Boeing 777-300ERs. Emirates also took options on a further 50 A350-900s. The contract calls for A350 deliveries to begin in 2014.