Aircraft
MEBAA Opens Amid High Hopes for Mideast Bizav
MIddle East business aviation awaits fair winds to set it on the path to growth.
« This view of the packed static display area for the opening day of MEBAA 2018 has a little bit of everything. In the foreground at left is an Agusta A109SP twin-engine helicopter operated by Falcon Aviation. Behind and to the right is Gulfstream’s G600 demonstrator. In the background is the VVIP-configured Airbus A340-500 operated by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s Citadel Completions.
« This view of the packed static display area for the opening day of MEBAA 2018 has a little bit of everything. In the foreground at left is an Agusta A109SP twin-engine helicopter operated by Falcon Aviation. Behind and to the right is Gulfstream’s G600 demonstrator. In the background is the VVIP-configured Airbus A340-500 operated by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s Citadel Completions.

MEBAA 2018 opens today as industry participants look for direction in an uncertain market. Some 35 aircraft were on static display on the eve of the show, including a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, an Airbus A340, two Bombardier Global 6000s, and an Embraer Lineage 1000E, as well as a single-engine Cirrus Vision Jet making its MEBAA debut.