Dubai, November 16, 2018 : .Small-scale aircraft companies that are participating in the Dubai Airshow stated they were looking for more than business relations between India and UAE.
They will be attending the show which runs from November 16 to 18.It is held at Dubai World Central Airport.
This comes as India’s newest airline Akasa Air placed a near $9 billion order with Boeing for 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to build its fleet on a day when the total value of contracts awarded for commercial aircraft and defence purposes jumped by $17.5 billion, reaching Dh266 billion ($72b) after the first three days of what is the biggest aviation show since events resumed after the Covid-19 pandemic.The order was placed by Akasa, India’s newest airline.It is for 72 Boeing 737 MAX planes to be built its fleet.This came as the value of all contracts for defense and commercial aviation increased $17.5 billion.
As many as 15 companies from India specialising in various aspects of aviation and defence are exhibiting at the region’s top aviation event that’s hosting over 1,200 companies from 148 countries.At the top regional aviation show, over 1200 businesses from 148 nations are expected to exhibit.
Many of them are first-timers looking to forge long-term relationships with companies and agencies in the UAE and the wider region.They are often first-timers who want to establish long-term partnerships with agencies and companies in the UAE.
“We came here looking for not a one-time tie up, but with an intention to stay on and expand our base,” said Mitesh Rathod, CEO of Swast Aviation, a company based in Gujarat’s Navsari that specialises in manufacturing aviation lubricants and adhesives, including hydraulic brake fluids.Swast Aviation CEO Mitesh Rahod stated that he came to Gujarat in search of a long-term partnership.He also said, “We were here not looking for a temporary tie up but an intent to stay on the ground and grow our base.” Swast Aviation is based in Gujarat’s Navsari and specialises in aviation lubricants, adhesives and hydraulic brake fluids.
“We also export our products.We also export our products.
So we felt this was the best place for someone like us looking to do business with private and small commercial airlines that operate beyond the borders of India,” he added.He said that this is the right place to do business with small and private commercial airlines operating beyond India’s borders.
Bengaluru-based Bevel Gears (India) Pvt Ltd may not be a first-timer at this biennial event, but it’s a new stage for them all over again with the easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions worldwide.Bengaluru’s Bevel Gears India Pvt Ltd is not a regular participant at the biennial event.However, it offers a unique opportunity to showcase their products and services in a different setting with Covid-19 travel restrictions being lifted worldwide.
“We have been in the field of designing and manufacturing gears and gear boxes for over 40 years and have been a regular at this event.
We have been involved in designing, manufacturing and distributing gear boxes and gear boxes for more than 40 years.This event is a familiar one to us.But this time we are hoping to turn a new chapter in our history with the scope of supplying our products to countries in this region,” said Abdulla Jamal, the Operations Director of the company that specialises in bevel gears that find applications in a range of sectors, including locomotives, marine, automobiles, printing presses, cooling towers, power plants, steel plants, railway track inspection as well as aviation where bevel gear systems are widely used in drives of aircraft gas turbine engines (GTE).We are excited to be able to supply our products to this area this year,” Abdulla Jamal (the Operations Director) said.The company specialises in bevel-gear systems that are used extensively in the drive of gas turbine engines.
It’s quite the opposite for the UAE’s Favia International.Favia International in the UAE is doing the exact opposite.As suppliers of aircraft and helicopter parts and chemicals, the Ajman-based company is focused on flying its business to Indian shores.
The Ajman-based firm is a supplier of helicopter parts and chemicals and is focused on expanding its operations to India.
“We have been handling one-off projects for companies in India so far, working remotely out of UAE, but with businesses opening up again, we are hoping to seize some great opportunity here and perhaps set up a second base there permanently,” said Nazeeb Backer, the customer services manager of the company that also dabbles in aviation consumables and wires and connectors.Nazeeb Backer is the customer service manager at the company, which also deals in wires and connectors for aviation.”We’ve been working on one-off projects in India so far.
Contracts worth around $55 billion were signed during the first two days of the event with Boeing’s deal with Akasa marking the biggest yet at this airshow by the US giant.During the two-day event, contracts worth $55 billion were signed.
The largest deal at the US airshow was Boeing’s with Akasa.
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