of the Dubai
Airshow closed with $54.5 billion in orders on the books, including aircraft sales to global airlines such as Russia’s Aurora,
Air Senegal and Kazakhstan’s Air Astana.
On home turf and buoyed by a 21 per cent increase in profits in 2019, as compared to 2018, Emirates placed a $16 billion order for 50 Airbus A350 XWBs and an $8.8 billion order for 30 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
. The unveiling of the Etihad Greeliner at the Dubai Airshow. Leslie Pableo for The National Plane engine at the Pratt and Whitney stand at the Dubai Airshow on day two. Leslie Pableo for The National The Intra stand at the Dubai Airshow on day 2. Leslie Pableo for The National
Dubai: The UAE’s aviation regulator has lifted its ban on Boeing 737 MAX, months after it formed a committee to evaluate the return of the airplane.
Saif Al Suwaidi, Director-General of General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said the ban on the 737 MAX was lifted and a decision was issued for the aircraft to operate again. The jet was grounded worldwide after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. It was later found the pilots of both jets were unable to control them shortly after takeoff due to a flawed flight control system.
Al Suwaidi said that lifting of the ban on the aircraft was a result of intensive efforts made by the technical committee at the authority through evaluating all the technical requirements in accordance with the requirements by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration.