Dubai Airshow to host 1,000 exhibitors

Dubai: With less than eight weeks away for the Dubai Airshow, organiser F&E Aerospace has officially started the build-up to the 12th edition of the event.

Running from 13 to 17 November 2011, at the city’s Airport Expo, the 12th Dubai Airshow will be the biggest yet, with up to 1,000 exhibitors from 50 countries, an increase of 12 percent in comparison to the 2009 event, and more than 55,000 trade visitors expected, a 6 percent increase from 2009.[caption id=“attachment_92560” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Visitors walk in front of a Boeing A380 Airbus during the Dubai Air Show on 16 November 2009. Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters”] [/caption]

New companies account for some 20 percent of the growth in this edition of the Dubai Airshow and a number of key aircraft-manufacturing countries, such as Australia, France, Jordan and the USA, have increased their exhibition stand and/or chalet and pavilion area to optimise their presence.

Alison Weller, the managing director of F&E Aerospace, said the overall growth of the show will be about 10 percent.

“Space is being made available this year by the increasing trend by exhibitors to move their presence outside, creating pavilions along the static park line, which offers their guests the opportunity to enjoy networking and hospitality facilities, while being close to the aircraft on display,” Weller said.

The Dubai Airshow is organised in cooperation with the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Airports and the UAE Armed Forces.

PTI