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DUBAI — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited the pavilion of The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology, or EIAST during his inaugural tour of Dubai Airshow 2009. He was briefed on the latest applications of DubaiSat-1 and recent images as well as EIAST’s future plans, by Ahmed Al Mansoori, Director
General, EIAST.
DUBAI — Airbus SAS announced its second order of the Dubai Airshow in as many days — a sale of A320 jetliners worth $700 million at list prices to Yemen Airways — while the UAE’s Etihad Airways disclosed a package of contracts for aircraft repairs and other services totalling $750 million.
DUBAI — Major Dave ‘Zeke’ Skalicky helms the impressive F22 Raptor, which has shown off its stunning capabilities at both days of the Dubai Airshow so far. The Minnesota pilot and demo team commander spoke to Khaleej Times about the unparalleled technology of the aircraft, which cost $143 million apiece, and what it takes to make it in the US Air Force
DUBAI — Boeing and Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi government-owned investment firm, on Monday signed “a strategic framework agreement” at the Dubai Air Show covering key areas of collaboration.
 Under the agreement, Boeing and Mubadala plan to develop initiatives in areas where there is strategic alignment between the two, officials of
both companies said.
DUBAI — Airbus is on track this year to match and possibly supress its the 2008 delivery record of 483 planes, the European plane-maker’s top executive said on Monday at the Dubai Airshow.
DUBAI — US plane-maker Boeing Company forecasts that carriers based in the Middle East will need 1,710 new airplanes valued at $300 billion over the next twenty years, with half of these planes going to airlines in the UAE.
DUBAI — Canada-based aircraft manufacturer Bombardier is expecting to firm up before the end of the year, new orders for business jets and commercial aircraft from airlines in the Middle East and Africa.
DUBAI — The US-based Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corporation company, has delivered the first F100-PW-229 Engine Enhancement Package, or EEP, engine to Pakistan Air Force for installation in their F-16 Block 52 aircraft.
DUBAI — Royal Jet is upbeat about prospects for the luxury charter airline in 2010, and expects new revenue from the operation of a $15 million maintenance facility at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.