Qatar Airways has ordered 50 of Boeings new 777 jets worth US$19bn and placed a US$2.8bn order with Airbus for five new aircraft at the Dubai Airshow. (Image source: Aero Icarus/Flickr)
Qatar Airways has announced that it plans to launch domestic carrier services in Saudi Arabia during the first half of 2014
Emirates placed a US$76bn order for 150 of Boeing?s revamped 777 mini-jumbo jets at the 2013 Dubai Airshow. (Image source: Mark Harkin/Flickr)
Airline operators in the Middle East have announced investments totalling more than US$150bn in new fleet at the 2013 Dubai Airshow, where Boeing and Airbus have been showcasing their latest models
flynas plans to open two new hubs in Dammam and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. (Image source: Laurent Errera/Flickr)
Saudi Arabian airline flynas has announced plans to move out of the low-cost carrier business model and start operating as a hybrid carrier by 2014 to attract more passengers in the near term
Boeing estimates that 10 per cent of the demand for new aircraft in the Middle East will be for the Boeing 747. (Image source: Boeing)
Boeing has estimated that airline operators in the Middle East will require 2,610 new aircraft worth about US$550bn over the next 20 years
Vertis Aviation recently added a Bombardier Global 6000 to its fleet. (Image source: Aero Icarus/Flickr)
Switzerland-based private jet operator Vertis Aviation is planning to open its first Middle East office in Dubai in early 2014
