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Article: Airbus hopes to land Gulf show orders; North Wales plant in line for work.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Byline: ERYL CRUMP
AEROSPACE workers in NorthWales are hoping for a confidence booster at an international aviation event being staged in the Gulf next week.
They are looking to the Dubai Air Show - the third-largest event of its kind in the world and a barometer of how the market is developing in the Middle East - for word of new Airbus airliner orders.
Two years ago the show was a record breaker with massive orders placed by Middle-Eastern airlines.
Emirates Airlines announced an order for 120 A350XWBs and 11 A380s in a deal valued at pounds 17bn. State-owned Dubai Aero-space Enterprise announced it will buy 100 Airbus planes while ...