Mohammed bin Rashid: Dubai Airshow is one in a series of successes achieved by the UAE in several areas

Dubai, Nov 13, 2011 (WAM) - Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has expressed happiness over the continued success of the Dubai International Airshow. In a message published by the 'Nation Shield' (Dira' Al Watan), Sheikh Mohammed said: "I am pleased to see the 12th edition of the Dubai Airshow takes off, flying from success to success and continuing its quantitative and qualitative growth ensuring the volume and quality of exhibits, activities as well as numbers of exhibitors and visitors". I am proud of the position our show ensures today among the largest international exhibitions in the field. I am more proud of the fact that our citizens make this global event happen through meticulous organisation and management of the airshow, where the most modern creations and technology produced by the human mind in the fields of aviation, communication, empowerment and training are exhibited, Sheikh Mohammed added. "We look at the success achieved by this exhibition as one in a series of successes achieved by the UAE in several areas. The success of the Airshow is thus an extension of the country's prestigious position in all regional and international forums. This is a logical result of the rise in all key indicators of development and progress from the Security and Stability Index, as well as other indicators of human development, and the endless competitiveness in the areas of infrastructure and good governance", said Sheikh Mohammed. "In UAE we have always stressed that success has no finishing line", Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid emphasised, adding that the success achieved today will be scattered in the wind tomorrow, if not sustained through maintenance, renewal and development. We practice this consistent approach in our lives as one of the requirements for success in life and in the performance of the work diligently and faithfully, HH stressed. Sheikh Mohammed congratulated the management of the exhibition guaranteeing it a stable position on the global map in the field of aerospace and all associated works and services. He also congratulated the launch of the First Gulf Conference on air training, which he said has great prominence in the region. - Emirates News Agency, WAM