Airbus, Vietjet announce deal for 30 planes at Dubai Airshow

Compared with the last 2013 airshow, which included announcements of $140 billion in Boeing and Airbus orders by four major Gulf carriers, this year's event has been largely a chance for Gulf carriers to showcase their new planes and for worldwide businesses to meet potential aviation and aerospace clients in the region. However, airlines and manufacturers typically negotiate discounts on such deals.

Hakan Buskhe, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saab, center, talks to the journalists at a press conference to announce a UAE Ministry of Defense $1.27 billion deal for upgraded Saab surveillance systems on their Bombardier aircraft during the second day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, November 9, 2015.

No terms were released for the deal between Airbus Group and Vietjet, though the list prices of the aircraft are more than $3 billion. Emirates signed another 12-year services contract worth $36 million with GE Aviation also for aircraft maintenance. From the 2015 price list on the Boeing website, this order is worth approximately $6.75bn.

Germany's Lufthansa owns Lufthansa Technik, the world's biggest MRO services provider for commercial aircraft including for the German carrier, 700 other airlines and business jet operators.

Vietjet CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said the "order for additional A321s responds to our growth strategy and to the need for additional seat capacity on both domestic and global routes".

Major General Al Hashimi said in a statement: "I am really happy to announce the first deal that has been signed between the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Saab Industrial this year, to buy two new aircrafts for $1.27bn". The date of delivery has not been finalized, but could be within two years, he said.

BOEING and TATA: Boeing also announced at the show that it's joining up with India's Tata Advanced Systems to make airframe parts for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.