Dubai Air Show still grows, defying economic gravity
The 2009 Dubai Airshow will seek to buck the aerospace industry’s downward trend when it opens its doors this morning.

The 2009 Dubai Airshow will seek to buck the aerospace industry’s downward trend when it opens its doors this morning. But it seems highly unlikely that this will manifest itself in announcements of significant new aircraft orders, even though Middle East airlines are themselves outperforming the stagnant traffic levels in other parts of the world.

The staggering $155 billion sales tally at Dubai 2007 set a new record for airshows worldwide. Airlines surveyed by AIN on the eve of this week’s event played down expectations of anything close to this volume of business being announced at this year’s show.