Boeing has one-upped its rival Airbus with the announcement of a $13.7 billion deal to sell 100 planes to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. Earlier this morning, Airbus had announced a $13.5 billion deal to sell 70 A320s and 30 A350s to DAE.

DAE’s purchase of Boeing aircraft comprises 70 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft and 30 wide body planes. The wide-body fleet will be split between Boeing 787s, 777s, and 747s.

The purchase price of the Boeing deal incorporates an associated deal with GE for 70 CFM56-7B engines for the 737s, GEnx-engines to power five Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and further GE90-115B engines to power 10 777-300ER aircraft.

So, the battle between the two rivals continues. But with two days left of the Air Show, who knows what else is in store.

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