Gulf airlines buys 543 planes at Dubai airshow
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E-mail Xinhua, November 18, 2013
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Boeing 777X. [File photo] |
Gulf Arab carriers would purchase 543 planes for 219 billion U.S. dollars on the first day of the 13th Dubai Airshow.
The biggest order was placed by Dubai's state-owned carrier Emirates Airline. This company plans to buy 150 Boeing 777X planes jetliners as well as 50 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft for a total of 99 billion dollars. The Boeing order for 76 billion dollars was the largest single order ever placed in global aviation history.
Emirates' rival Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi said it will buy 86 Boeing planes, among them 30 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft, along with 87 Airbus aircraft. The latter order included 50 A350 wide- body planes for long-haul flights.
Qatar Airways, the state-owned carrier in the gas-rich emirate, said it would order 54 Boeing 777-9X for 18.9 billion dollars. The Doha-based carrier said the 777 has been the backbone of the carrier's fleet. Also, Qatar Airways opted to buy five Airbus A330- 200F freighter planes.
FlyDubai, the low-cost-carrier which is part of Emirates Group, announced to buy 111 Boeing 737 planes and 738s for 8.8 billion dollars.
With the first day of the biennial airshow alone, the Dubai Airshow 2013 topped the entire last airshow in 2011 which closed with an order book of 63.3 billion dollars.
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