Expert Opinion
MEBA Show: Built by Hand
This is my first trip to Dubai, so a blog post from me on the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show is appropriate.
Workers set up the Moon Jet both at MEBA 2010.
Workers set up the Moon Jet both at MEBA 2010.

This is my first trip to Dubai, so a blog post from me on the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) show is appropriate. Because I’ve attended many NBAA shows, people from AIN who’ve been to Dubai before have been preparing me for MEBA, with a note that this is no more than a mini-NBAA. While many of the players are the same people I just saw in Atlanta a little more than a month ago, the way the show is built seems pretty alien to me. Bit ironic isn’t it that I’m talking about an alien topic when I’m the alien visitor this time?

I’m most amazed that much of the MEBA show exhibits seem to be hand built. In Atlanta, forklifts brought in case after case of crates with all the parts of an exhibitor’s booth nestled safely inside. All they added were a few good carpenters and suddenly a booth appeared after a day’s work.