March 27, 2004 at 8:00 pm
Taiwanese sources states that the 60 M2000-5 deal in the late 90s had the aircraft at $42-43 million per plane and there was a scandal over the costs..
From UAE sources, the 33 Mirage 2000-9 deal for 1 billion would put it at $33 million per plane
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2003/september/09_04_2.html
15 Greek Mirage 2000-5 seem to cost 55 mill per plane
http://www.aeroworldnet.com/1tw05039.htm
while Srbin states its as high as 70!
it’s a very wide ranging cost for airplane.. the UAE costs appears to not include spares etc.. as other sources say its 3.2 billion, which would make it 106billion per plane!