The Dubai Airshow began life in 1986 as Arab Air. Since then the show has grown and evolved to become one of the largest and most important aerospace events in the world. A lot has changed since 1986; the dawn of a new millennium has seen unprecedented change in the aviation industry. The Dubai Airshow has helped lead this change by creating a world class exhibition showcasing the latest and greatest in military, general and commercial aviation.
The Dubai Airshow 2017 was our biggest show ever with 1,200 exhibitors from 63 countries, over 79,380 trade visitors, 159 Aircraft on display, 1,603 international and regional media. As the doors close on another record-breaking Dubai Airshow, exhibitors are rushing to close deals and re-book for the next edition of the biennial event, in 2019. Trade visitors to the event were up around 20% on the 2015 event, with some 79380 people entering the purpose-built hall at DWC, Dubai during its five-day run.
At the end of the show’s final day, the order book stood at almost US$113.8 billion with Michele van Akelijen, Managing Director of organisers, Tarsus F&E LLC Middle East, saying: “The figures speak for themselves – it’s been another successful year. Dubai is geographically at the centre of the global aviation world, and Dubai Airshow is where the sector comes to do business. We have seen incredible, unmatched deals, innovations and ideas.
“Our variety of conferences – the Space Pavilion and Conference, the UAV Summit, the Cargo Zone conference and Pavilion, Airport Solutions Dubai Conference and Pavilion, and the Gulf Aviation Training Event – underline our commitment to making the Airshow a centre of global thought leadership. We aim to help generate the creative knowledge-sharing environment the industry needs in order to thrive.”
Returning international exhibitor Turkish Technic, a maintenance, repair and overhaul company based at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, is celebrating a successful Dubai Airshow, and plans to return for the 2019 edition.
“During this year’s event, we signed an MoU with Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries, expanding our support of its customer’s fleet in the region,” said Turkish Technic spokesman, Muhammed Memduhoglu.
