153 billion dirhams deals on the first day of the Dubai Air Show

The estimated value of the deals announced and confirmed during the activities of the first day of the Dubai Air Show, the largest edition in its history, amounted to about 153 billion dirhams to purchase 92 aircraft of various models, in addition to the announced military deals, and Boeing acquired the largest portion of the orders.

Emirates Airlines, the largest international air carrier in the world, began the first day of the Dubai Air Show with an order for an additional 65 Boeing 777-9 aircraft equipped with engines. GE9XWith a value of $38 billion (about 139.5 billion dirhams), on the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2025.

Flydubai and General Electric Aviation signed a new agreement to purchase 60 engines GEnx-1B To supply the carrier’s first fleet of wide-body aircraft, which consists of 30 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, with these engines. The agreement includes spare engines and long-term support services to support the launch of the carrier’s operations on long-haul flights.

The value of the deals concluded for the benefit of the UAE Ministry of Defense during the first day of the Dubai Air Show, which included 6 local deals worth 3.04 billion dirhams and two international deals worth 725 million dirhams, with a total of 3.7 billion dirhams.

In addition, Ethiopian Airlines has ordered the purchase of 11 additional Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with an estimated value of 4.7 billion dirhams.

For its part, Helvetic Aviation announced an order to purchase three additional Embraer aircraft E195-E2 And five purchase options for additional aircraft, with an estimated value of up to 660 million dirhams.

In turn, Air Senegal requested the purchase of nine Boeing 737-MAX aircraft, with an estimated value of 3.9 billion dirhams.

Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national carrier of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, has signed a firm order to purchase four Embraer aircraft. E175With an estimated value of 690 million dirhams, as part of its fleet modernization and regional expansion strategy.