The total value of deals for this year’s Dubai Airshow is expected to hit AED 150 billion, compared to AED 757 billion in 2013. That’s according to His Excellency, Major General, Abdullah Al Hashemi, the Ministry of Defense’s executive director of the Military Committee of this year’s edition. Most of the deals were achieved in the first few days of the air show. His Excellency says that some negotiations will continue beyond the air show.
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