Bloomberg Boeing Co. secured orders for 50 737 Max narrow-body planes, padding its tally at the Dubai Airshow while building momentum for the grounded aircraft ahead of its potential return to the skies in coming weeks. Kazakhstan’s Air Astana signed a letter of intent for 30 jets, Boeing announced on Tuesday, while an undisclosed customer bought 20, according to a …

Dubai / WAM The number of Indian tourists travelling to the GCC is expected to increase 81 percent from 5.4 million in 2018 to 9.8 million in 2024, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), of 10 percent, according to the latest data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM, 2020). As destinations throughout the Middle East prepare to …

Dubai / Emirates Business Halcon, a regional leader in the production and supply of precision-guided weapons, has signed a $1 billion (AED3.6 billion) contract to deliver its Desert Sting-16 (DS-16) range of precision guided weapons to the UAE Armed Forces. Saeed Al Mansoori, CEO of Halcon, announced the landmark deal at Dubai Airshow 2019. Speaking on the sidelines of the …