Kuwait City: The biennial Dubai Air Show opened on Sunday to a world still reeling from the pandemic and an aviation industry hit hard by the coronavirus but on the mend. Boeing and Airbus have long been the show's stars, competing for multibillion-dollar Gulf-based airline purchases and hammering out final details minutes before back-to-back press conferences. This year's five-day exhibition, however, is expected to be more subdued than in previous years due to the low level of flying and travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather, the first day of the air show drew attention to defence and military hardware from countries such as Russia and Israel. Airbus's big commercial deal of the day was the sale of 255 new planes to Indigo Partners' various low-cost carriers. The agreement calls for Wizz Air to buy 102 new planes, US Frontier to buy 91, Mexico's Volaris to buy 39, and South American JetSmart to buy 23. The aircraft in the package are a mix of A321neo and A321XLR models. The order would cost well over $30 billion at Airbus' pre-pandemic list prices.
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