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UAE: BOEING ACTIVITIES IN ABU DHABI.(and Abu Dhabi air transport statistics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, January, 2002

Al-Ittihad newspaper quoted the Vice President for Commercial Affairs in the Boeing Company, Randy Besslar, who told a press conference in Abu Dhabi in early November 2001, that tourism to and from Abu Dhabi comprised sixty-eight destinations all over the world, and it was possible to get to the UAE by way of 1047 direct weekly flights.

This was in contrast to thirty-three destinations and 452 direct weekly flights in 1991. He added that UAE airlines were the first to use the Boeing 777, and also the first to use the new aircraft Boeing 777-200. He also said that Boeing established a regional activities center, Hub, for its airplanes in an area of 3,300 square meters and containing 13,000 spare parts for aircraft with a total value of $10 million. (Info Prod...

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