TIM ROBINSON reports on Day 1 highlights from this year’s Dubai Air Show on 13-17 November
To Dubai, and once again for air show visitors it is a chance to spot ‘what’s changed’ as the skyscrapers continue to shoot up and change the skyline of the city. This year, while the breakneck construction has slowed – a new vision since the last show in 2009 is the impressive Burj Khalifa - the world’s tallest building.
So as the Burj Khalifa looks to the sky, will the air show soar too? Lets take a look from the first days highlights.
Dubai Air Show 2011 Day 1 highlights:
Boeing lands record 777 order
Maximus Air Cargo rebrands and gets new livery
UAE company reveals new UAV
UAE looks to space
And finally…
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Embraer is dropping plans to enter the 130-160 seat narrowbody market and instead focusing on developing a re-engined variant of its E-jet family that could be ready in 2018, the company announced Thursday.
El Salón de Dubai ha abierto hoy día 13 sus puertas y los pedidos de aviones no han tardado en comenzar a llegar. El primer anuncio: 70 Boeing 777-300ER para Emirates.
Boeing logra el mayor pedido de su historia en términos económicos: 26.000 millones de dólares por 70 Boeing 777-300ER para Emirates
Airbus Corporate Jets es la nueva división de Airbus dedicada exclusivamente a este segmento del mercado, según se acaba de anunciar con motivo del salón de Dubai.
La nueva división de Airbus trabajará más cerca de sus clientes para ofrecer nuevas soluciones a las necesidades de estos.
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