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<\/a><\/strong>Etihad<\/a><\/strong>Airways\u2019 USD 14.5 bn planned<\/a><\/strong>acquisition<\/a><\/strong> of 28 aircraft from US manufacturers Boeing and GE Aerospace caught<\/strong> the eye of <\/strong>the international press<\/strong>, with Bloomberg<\/a> noting that some of the aviation agreements US President Donald Trump oversaw during his visit to the region \u2014 including with Saudi Arabia and Qatar \u2014 are slim on details, despite their hefty price tags. <\/p>\n

While the airline did not specify how many of each model it would take<\/strong>, the business information service speculates that the agreement could be a restructuring or formalization of an earlier commitment rather than a new one. Aviation consultancy Ishka<\/a> estimates the real value of the transaction to be closer to USD 5.4 bn, even if most orders lean toward the more expensive 777X. <\/p>\n

ALSO<\/strong>- The UAE\u2019s rapidly growing influence across Africa is getting ink <\/strong>in the New York Times<\/a>. Emirati firms have announced some USD 110 bn in investments since 2019 \u2014 more than any other country. Backed by ruling families, these agreements span ports, mines, mineral resources, and renewables, with giants like DP World, AMEA Power, and International Holding Company playing key roles. The increase in Emirati investments comes as American and Chinese involvement wanes, and as the UAE looks to ink more economic partnership agreements and dominate trade routes and supply chains to deepen its access to AI, mining, and energy resources across the continent. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Washington pegged the agreement at USD 14.5 bn, others have it coming in at USD 5.4 bn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1551],"tags":[364,1125,244,7,929,1342,211,1334,41,1967],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-103783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uae-in-the-news","tag-amea-power","tag-donald-trump","tag-dp-world","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-etihad-airways","tag-investment","tag-renewables","tag-trade","tag-uae-in-the-news","tag-uae-us-ties","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e6627c32-a5f3-4378-8f15-b5e6dce7d4d1","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/5\/1477.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"! 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