Dubai Airshow

Dubai Airshow
2007 static display
Genre	Air show
Location(s)	Dubai World Central
Country	United Arab Emirates
Activity	Trade exhibition, aerobatic and static displays
Website
dubaiairshow.aero

The Dubai Airshow is a biennial show held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is organised by F&E Aerospace since the year 1989; it is organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,in cooperation with the Government of Dubai, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Airports and in collaboration with the UAE Armed Forces.

The Dubai Airshow has grown from 200 exhibitors and 25 aircraft in 1989 to 1,046 exhibitors and 163 aircraft in 2013 and is considered to be the fastest growing air show in the world.

The Dubai Airshow started life as Arab Air in 1986 - a small civil aviation trade show which F&E organised at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Spurred on by substantial Middle East investment in civil and military aviation the first Dubai Airshow was held in 1989 at Dubai Airport. In 1991 due to the outbreak of the Gulf War the show was moved from January to November and it had a strong military focus given events in the region. The 2001 show took place just 6 weeks after the events of September 11, 2001, and closed with record order book of US$15.6 billion. The Dubai Airshow 2003 was the fastest-selling in the event’s history, 550 companies from 36 countries participated. In 2005 the Airshow hosted the debut of the A380 in the Middle East. It arrived in full Emirates livery for its largest customer. By 2013 the show is now hosting 1,046 exhibitors from 60 countries.

2013 also marked the highest statistics in all other key measureables for Dubai Airshow with 60,692 trade attendees from around the world, 1,735 international and regional media and a $206.1 billion total order book, helping push the Dow Jones past the historic 16,000-level.

The Dubai Airshow holds the record for the largest ever order book taken at an Airshow. In 2013, the order book exceeded US$200 billion with an exact figure of $206.1 billion – bulging with aircraft, parts and MRO deals, in a show that reflected the growing importance of the MENASA region as the world’s aviation hub.

The 2013 edition of the Dubai Airshow also holds the record for being the event with the largest commercial aircraft order in history with Emirates making a US$99 billion order for the Boeing 777X and the Airbus A380.