The variety of types and average size of business and private aircraft is changing here in the Middle East, with new customers increasingly willing to fly in medium-sized jets that would have seemed out of the question in this market a few years ago. But Arab customers with deep pockets haven’t lost their appetite for the largest available VIP cabins, which is why the first examples of exclusively modified versions of the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 widebody airliners will likely be seen in this part of the world first.
It is this demand that has completions houses such as Lufthansa Technik (Stand C518) preparing to expand their capacity to outfit these giants while also meeting still-bloated demand for VIP versions of narrowbody airliners, such as the Boeing Business Jets and Airbus Corporate Jetliners. By the end of 2010, the German group will have a second widebody completion line open at its Hamburg headquarters.
