MEBA show sales expected to top $1 billion
MEBA organizers have declared themselves astonished by the impressive growth of the Middle East’s new biennial business aviation show.

MEBA organizers have declared themselves astonished by the impressive growth of the Middle East’s new biennial business aviation show. With 250 exhibitors from 29 countries along with 78 aircraft having converged here at Airport Expo Dubai this week, the 2008 edition will be 175 percent larger than the first show in January 2007.

But is this surprising given the explosion in demand for the convenience and comfort of private aviation over the past few years and the fact that by 2012 the value of this market is set to top $1 billion per year? In fact, there have already been predictions that new aircraft orders announced here at MEBA could be worth more than $1 billion–exceeding $907 million tally set at the 2007 show. Airbus alone is set to announce more than $400 million worth of sales here today.

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