Saturday, November 17, 2007
Dubai Air Show 2007 orders
Emirates - ordered 50 Airbus A 350-900s + 20 Airbus A 350-1000Xs + 12 Boeing 777-300ERs + 3 more Airbus A 380s (ordered 58 in total) + took 50 options on the A 350 family line.
Qatar Airways - ordered 30 Boeing 787-800s + 5 Boeing 777-200LR Freighters + took 20 options for the B 787 family line.
Dubai Aviation Enterprises (a new leasing company) - ordered 70 A 320s + 30 A 350s + 10 B 777-300ERs + 70 B 737NGs + 5 B 747-800Fs + 15 B 787s. DAE also signed a deal with EK today which entailed it buying 8 A 332s from the airline for US$ 500 million and then leasing it back to the carrier.
Oman Air - ordered 3 Airbus A 330-300s + 2 Airbus A 330-200s.
Yemenia Airways - ordered 10 Airbus A 350-800s which will seat 18 in business + 265 in economy i.e. 283 in total.
Airblue of Pakistan - ordered 8 Airbus A 320s which will seat 157 passengers in a 2 class configuration. Bloomberg news agency also reports that in an interview conducted with its CEO, Mr Shahid Abbasi, the airline plans on ordering between 4 to 8 wide bodied aircraft in mid 2008 and has identified the A 350 & B 787 to meet its requirements.
Air Arabia - ordered 34 Airbus A 320s + 15 options.
Nas Air - a low cost Saudi Arabian airline based in RUH, ordered 20 Airbus A 320s.
Saudia Airlines - ordered 22 Airbus A 320s + 8 options.
LCAL - ordered 6 Boeing 787s. It is an aircraft leasing company exclusively dealing in leasing out B 787s of which it has now ordered a total of 21 aircraft of this type.
Royal Jordanian - ordered 2 more Boeing 787s; total of 12 are now on order.
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