Frustration In The Air: Boeing Delays Hang Over Aviation Meet

Boeing has faced intense scrutiny over a succession of incidents involving its 737 MAX aircraft, most recently a mid-air fuselage panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight in January, that has severely delayed deliveries (Credit: AFP)

Back-slapping over record passenger figures is tinged with frustration at the airline trade body's annual meeting as carriers lament years-long delays to deliveries of new Boeing aircraft.

Headline projections of nearly five billion passengers and close to $1 trillion in revenues this year, both records, were reasons for celebration at the IATA annual general meeting in Dubai.