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AIRSHOW-FACTBOX-Civil orders at Dubai Air Show

Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:15am EST

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Nov 16 (Reuters) - Following is a rolling summary of orders and commitments for jetliners at the Dubai Air Show, which is being held from Nov. 15 to Nov. 18.

Business is expected to be sharply lower compared with the same event two years ago when the battle between Airbus and Boeing produced plane orders estimated at $85 billion and a total air show haul in excess of $150 billion.

* Libyan Airlines select CFM engines to power seven firm, five option Airbus A320 family aircraft. The firm part of the order is worth $95 million at list prices, CFM says. CFM is a joint venture of GE (GE.N) and Safran (SAF.PA).

* Ethiopian Airlines firms up an order for 12 Airbus A350-900 jets worth $2.9 billion at list prices. The deal also hands a $480 million engine order to Rolls-Royce (RR.L).

* Dubai Aerospace Enterprise reaches a $340 million agreement with International Aero Engines, a consortium led by Rolls-Royce (RR.L) and Pratt & Whitney (UTX.N), for A320 Airbus aircraft engines. [ID:nLF231310 ]

* Engine maker CFM, a joint venture between General Electric (GE.N) and Safran (SAF.PA), says Tunisair places a $180 million order for CFM56-5B engines to power 10 A320-family aircraft.

* Yemen national airline Yemenia Airlines signs MoU to buy 10 Airbus A320-family aircraft.



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