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Middle Eastern airlines have placed orders worth tens of billions of dollars for more than 100 aircraft on the opening day of the Dubai air show, underscoring the rebound in the aviation industry even as regional tensions run high.
Emirates, the local carrier, placed an order for 90 of Boeing’s coming 777X aircraft, the world’s largest twin-engined jet, valued at $52bn at list…