As part of an official UAE visit, David Cameron also visited Dubai World Central, the venue of the Dubai Airshow.
The US aircraft manufacturer said it was sticking to plans to deliver the 777X in mid-2020.
Mudslinging between nemeses can be risky, especially in the aerospace sector. But with both aircraft manufacturers holding global press announcements this year, ‘my plane is better than your plane’ comments were inevitable.
Since the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has burned through $20 billion dollars in foreign reserves.
A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll on 22 Arab states found three out of five Arab Spring countries in the bottom five states for women’s rights
The region’s aviation future looks bright, but attention must be paid to capacity and safety challenges, says Hussein Dabbas, MENA regional vice president for the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The plane manufacturer predicts the region will need 2,610 new airplanes over the next 20 years.
The UK is the first European country to grant a visa waiver to Emiratis.
The retail conglomerate plans to expand open 34 new Sports One stores across the region by 2016.
Munich authorities will have weighed up the increased traffic benefits against the impact it will likely have on Lufthansa’s Dubai-Munich loads.
Almost half of them – 31 – are international banks, all located in Dubai, says study by Insight discovery.
OPEC forecast demand for its oil in 2014 will average 29.57 million barrels per day.
E-content in e-commerce platforms are driving overall sales, industry experts say.
But by 2020 the oilfields of Texas and North Dakota will be past their prime and the Middle East will regain its dominance.
The social media company’s share price soared in last week’s New York Stock Exchange debut after a $1.8 billion initial public offer.
The French manufacturer saw a 38 per cent sales rise in Abu Dhabi and a 33 per cent increase in Dubai.
As the international aviation industry expands, will there be enough trained pilots to fly the planes?
Over 80 per cent of the Gulf’s wheat comes through the Suez Canal and 80 per cent of its rice supply through the Strait of Hormuz.
Typhoon Haiyan has left an estimated 10,000 people dead and four million affected after it hit land on Friday.
Is India set to loosen its protectionism over the national airline sector? It’s about time it did.
London Mayor Boris Johnson hopes to attract greater Kuwaiti investments to the UK.
Rising international demand for infrastructure and investment project financing is likely to stimulate growth in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
With a new business aviation hub in Dubai’s DWC and growing competition, the market for private jets looks set to reach new heights.
Gulf equity and debt markets have boomed, partly on the back of inflows of foreign money, while markets affected by the Arab Spring have struggled.
Saudi leaders fear President Barack Obama’s administration has stopped listening to its Arab ally.
Marco Bonapace, founder of Vision EyeWear, explains how boutique brands can crack the sunglasses market.
Ivory Coast announced plans in March to build a regasification and storage unit.
Dubai’s foreign trade in motor vehicles jumped 18 per cent to Dhs32 billion in the first half of 2013.
Global operator wrestles with “difficult market” but remains committed to MEA expansion.
A team of experts opened Arafat’s grave in the West Bank city of Ramallah last November to seek evidence of alleged poisoning.