VOL. XLVI

No 25

23-June-2003

UAE

TRADE AND COMMERCE

Emirates Signs $19Bn Deal For 71 Aircraft

The Dubai-based airline Emirates on 16 June placed an order with manufacturers Boeing and Airbus worth $19bn for 71 aircraft. The deals, which were signed at the Paris Air show by Shaikh Ahmad bin Sa'id Al Maktum, Dubai Civil Aviation President and Chairman of Emirates, and Shaikh Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Defense Minister of the UAE, are the largest order in civil...