Dubai Airshow strikes deals worth 17 billion USD at opening day

A visitor sits in the cockpit of a Pakistani JF-17 Thunder at Dubai Airshow 2017 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 12, 2017. The 15th edition of the biennial Dubai Airshow kicked off here on Sunday. The airshow is scheduled on Nov. 12-16, and is expecting over 70,000 visitors. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)