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Boeing Sees Business Heating Up in Desert
A busy Dubai Airshow is on tap for Boeing
Boeing 787
Boeing 787

Delivering an upbeat prognosis for the show during a pre-Dubai Airshow briefing here yesterday, Boeing sees little disruption to its business in the Middle East even amid the political turmoil within Saudi Arabia and between Qatar and four of its Arab neighbors. Dismissing suggestions that slumping profits among the Gulf’s big three carriers could portend order deferrals, Boeing vice president of sales for the Middle East, Russia and Central Asia Marty Bentrott pointed to last week’s announcement by Emirates Airline of a 77-percent profit jump during its first fiscal half of the year as one sign of a rebound in the region in general.