No Dubai Order Sprees This Year, but Market Fine
The 2015 Dubai Air Show was quiet on the news front, and not as busy as previous shows, but industry execs insist civil market is fine

A lack of civil aircraft orders from the local airlines characterized the 2015 Dubai Airshow, in marked contrast to the 2013 event, where Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways notched huge orders for 777Xs and A380s. The quiet commercial showing resulted in a greater emphasis on the defense sector, which has contracted markedly in recent years and typically gets overshadowed at international airshows by big airliner orders.