Aircraft
Boeing sees fertile ground in Gulf for 747-8
In Boeing’s estimation, the Middle East will become the third largest market in the world for jumbo-sized airplanes over the next 20 years.

In Boeing’s estimation, the Middle East will become the third largest market in the world for jumbo-sized airplanes over the next 20 years. So what better time and place than this year’s Dubai Air Show to make a pitch for the new 747-8–Boeing’s largest ever commercial airplane and one, in the opinion of Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth, bound to command a significant presence in the Gulf region in particular.

“Clearly the Middle East is a market that has many of the characteristics that are necessary for big airplanes,” Tinseth told AIN in a pre-show interview. “You have large levels of demand, oftentimes long distances; you have limited departure and arrival windows, depending on where you want to go; and to some extent there are bilateral constraints in some of the markets, and slot limitations.”