Dubai’s billions bust airshow order records
Dubai may harbor ambitions of one day hosting an airshow to outshine those held in Paris and Farnborough, but on one score the Gulf emirate is already well

Dubai may harbor ambitions of one day hosting an airshow to outshine those held in Paris and Farnborough, but on one score the Gulf emirate is already well ahead. The nearly $80 billion worth of aircraft sales commitments announced through the first two days of the show smashed all-time records and easily surpassed even an impressive tally recorded at June’s Paris Air Show. 

Sunday’s $35 billion order by Emirates  Airline for a mix of Airbus A350s and A380s and Boeing 777s headed a long list of business announced over the first two days of the show, punctuated yesterday with a pair of orders for 200 airplanes from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE).