Oman Air is expected to receive a total of nine more 737 MAX 8s next year as the Sultanate’s national carrier celebrated the delivery of its fifth of 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8s it has on order.

Buoyant consumer confidence, growth of international e-commerce and broad-based global economic upturn are behind the current growth of the global air freight markets.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs visits the Boeing Company plant in Missouri.

The biannual air industry gathering recorded more than 1,400 commercial aircraft orders, valued at $154bn.

The world's largest planemaker said it had won 528 orders and commitments at the event in southern England, while Airbus reported 431 new deals.

The Ethiopian carrier's chief executive travelled to Asmara on Wednesday on the first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years.

Airbus and Boeing announced more than $10 billion of combined deals in the opening hours of the Farnborough Airshow on Monday, suggesting demand for new jets remains in rude health despite worries over trade tensions and Brexit.

Boeing Co will buy a controlling stake in the commercial aircraft arm of Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA under a new $4.75-billion joint venture, the companies said on Thursday, cementing a global passenger jet duopoly.

Sydney: The world's largest aerospace company Boeing expects to deliver Qatar Airways newer generation 787s from 2019 and 777s from 2020, said Boeing’s senior vice-president (International Sales) Marty Bentrott.

The blockade on Qatar by a quartet of Arab countries has had no impact so far on the world's largest aerospace company Boeing, said company’s senior vice-president (International Sales) Marty Bentrott.

Boeing will not deliver aircraft to Iran in light of US sanctions, effectively aborting a pair of large contracts with Iranian carriers, a Boeing spokesman said Wednesday.

The letter of intent was signed during a ceremony attended by HE the Minister of Finance and Qatar Airways chairman Ali Sherif al-Emadi, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President & CEO Kevin McAllister.