An Airbus A350 model is displayed at the Airbus pavilion during the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana
DUBAI, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The nuts and bolts of post-pandemic trade loomed over the first major aerospace event since the coronavirus crisis on Sunday, as planemakers touted new freighters plans at the Dubai Airshow.
Plane giants Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) are hoping to launch the West’s first all-new flying juggernauts in 25 years as e-commerce gets a boost from the global pandemic.
Airbus, without a buyer after launching a freighter version of its A350 jet in the summer, was knocking on the door of one the industry’s go-to patrons for new plane launches, Steven Udvar-Hazy’s Air Lease Corp (AL.N), industry sources said.
And for best-selling small passenger planes, the founder of Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) was…
