The Dubai Airshow ( ar, معرض دبي للطيران) is a biennial air show held in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

under the patronage of Sheikh

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( ar, محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, links=no; ; born 15 July 1949) is the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as the ruler of Dubai ...

, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in cooperation with

Dubai Civil Aviation Authority The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is the governing body which oversees aviation activities in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History The DCA was once the operator of Dubai International Airport, Dubai Cargo Village and Dubai Duty Free Zone. Ma ...

, Dubai Airports, Dubai World Central and the

UAE Armed Forces The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ( ar, القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa li-Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah) are the armed forces of the Unit ...

. It is organised by Tarsus Aerospace since 1989. The event is "open to business professionals and industry only".

History

1986

The Dubai Airshow started life as Arab Air in 1986 - a small civil aviation trade show which F&E organised at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

1989

The first Dubai Airshow was held in 1989 at Dubai Airport, spurred on by substantial Middle East investment in civil and military aviation. The Dubai Airshow grew from 200 exhibitors and 25

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in 1989.

1991

In 1991 due to the outbreak of the Gulf War the show was moved from January to November and it had a strong military focus given events in the region.

2001

The 2001 show took place just 6 weeks after the events of September 11, 2001, and closed with record order book of US$15.6 billion.

2003

The Dubai Airshow 2003 was the fastest-selling in the event's history, 550 companies from 36 countries participated.

2005

In 2005 the Airshow hosted the debut of the A380 in the Middle East. It arrived in full Emirates livery for its largest customer.

2013

In 2013, 1,046 exhibitors came from 60 countries, drawing 60,692 trade attendees for a record $206.1 billion order book of aircraft, parts and MRO deals. The display presented 163 aircraft. Emirates made the highest price airliner order with $99 billion for 150 newly launched

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s plus 50 options and 50

Airbus A380 The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner. Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was annou ...

2017

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displayed the

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and A319 airliners, and the

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and

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military airlifters,

Beriev The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им. Г. М. Бериева, , Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific Technical Complex), formerly Beriev ...

its Be-200ES jet amphibian,

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the

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8 and 787-10 jetliners,

Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CS ...

the CS300 small narrowbody, Embraer its Phenom 100 small business jet, and

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its Superjet 100 regional jet. Organizers forecast 9% more visitors than in 2015 to 72,000, joined by 1,200 exhibitors, 1,350 media representatives and 160 aircraft on display and claims to be the largest after

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and Farnborough, but before Singapore Air Show by number of exhibitors, square meters and visitors. On November 12, Emirates committed to purchase 40

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s in two- and three-class cabins for 240 to 330 passengers, to be delivered from 2022 with conversion rights to the smaller Boeing 787-9, pushing orders for the 787-10 from 171 to over 200. The order is worth $15.1 billion at list prices. On November 15, Indigo Partners (unrelated to Indian LCC

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) signed a memorandum of understanding for 430

at the Dubai air show : 273 A320neos and 157

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s for $49.5 billion at list prices; Indigo controls Frontier Airlines and Chilean low-cost start-up JetSmart, holds stakes in Mexican budget airline Volaris and European LCC Wizz Air: 146 aircraft will go to Wizz, 134 to Frontier, 80 to Volaris and 70 to JetSmart. The same day,

Flydubai Flydubai ( ar, فلاي دبي), legally Dubai Aviation Corporation ( ar, مؤسسة دبي للطيران), is an Emirati government-owned low-cost airline in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with its head office and flight operations in Terminal 2 ...

commit to order 175

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and 50 purchase rights for $27 billion at list prices: Max 8s, Max 9s and 50 Max 10s. In 2017, 874 commitments and options were announced including 15% firm, compared with 67 in 2015 and 684 in 2013, 74.9% from LCCs, 15.7% from lessors and 8.1% from mainline carriers. These were mainly narrowbodies with 825 against 47 widebodies, Airbus had 547 commitments for a $28.2 Billion market value and Boeing had 301 for $19.5 Billion.

2019

On the opening day of the Dubai Airshow 2019, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Sheikh Hamdan took a private tour the latest super-jumbo aircraft by Emirates,

. A similar aircraft also led the way during the opening procession of the Dubai Airshow 2019. On 18 November 2019, the second day of the biennial airshow, Emirates announced an order worth a total of $16 billion for 50 Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The delivery for the largest deal of

was scheduled to begin from May 2023. On 18 November 2019, Air Arabia also sealed the deal with Airbus at the Dubai Airshow 2019, whose total book value exceeded $14 billion. The order was for 120

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aircraft, including 73 of the high-efficiency A320neo variants and 23 A321XLR. On 19 November, the Emirates signed an agreement to purchase 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The deal was valued at $8.8 billion. The order book on site reached $54.5 billion by close of business at the Dubai Airshow 2019.

2021

The 2021 Dubai Airshow began on 14 November 2021 and lasted for 5 days until 18 November 2021. Indigo Partners placed firm orders for 255 A321 Neo aircraft.

Jazeera Airways Jazeera Airways K.S.C ( ar, طيران الجزيرة) is a Kuwaiti airline with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. It operates scheduled services in the Middle East, Nepal, Pakist ...

placed an order for 28 A321 Neos. Ibom Air ordered 10 A220s.

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ordered seven A350 freighters. On November 16, Indian airline Akasa Air also placed an order for 72

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aircraft. The

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made its international debut at the show.

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i companies, including

Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ''ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el'') or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both mi ...

and

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. ( he, רפאל - מערכות לחימה מתקדמות בע"מ, formerly Rafael Armament Development Authority), ("Rafael" from Hebrew acronym of "Authority for the Development of Armaments" - ) is an Israel ...

participated at the show for the first time.

Flying display

The flying display demonstrates the technical capabilities of exhibiting companies aircraft. The flying display at the Dubai Airshow has included the

, F-16,

F/A-18 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather, twin-engine, supersonic, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part ...

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, V-22 Osprey, B-1B,

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along with aerobatic displays by international teams including

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, Red Arrows from the UK and

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from the UAE.

References

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