Aircraft
Dubai Exhibitors Anticipate Resumption of Brisk Sales Activity
Egyptair, Emirates among expected buyers
UAE ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba (left) sits with Boeing’s Charleston area vice president of operations and manufacturing, David Carbon, in the flight deck of a 787-10. (Photo: Embassy of the UAE)
UAE ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba (left) sits with Boeing’s Charleston area vice president of operations and manufacturing, David Carbon, in the flight deck of a 787-10. (Photo: Embassy of the UAE)

While few expected airliner sales during the last Dubai Airshow to live up to the lofty standard set by the order windfall two years earlier, the timing of certain high-profile sales campaigns might make the 2017 show a lucrative affair in its own right. Of course, the absence of Qatar Airways, resulting from the diplomatic row between Qatar and four of its Arab neighbors, will remove one reliable source of business, but at least two major orders due by the end of this year could more than compensate.