# Planes, power and the new Gulf economy | In conversation with Boeing's Fahad Al Mheiri

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Podcast: [AB Majlis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ab-majlis-6625109)
Published: 2026-09-14T05:30:22+00:00
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The Gulf has built some of the world’s biggest airlines, airports and aviation hubs. Now it wants to build more of the industry behind them. Managing Editor Tala Michel Issa sits down with Fahad Al Mheiri, Boeing’s Vice President for the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa, to discuss why the region could need another 3,000 aircraft over the next 20 years, why delivery slots are “like gold” and how parts built in Al Ain are ending up on Boeing 787s. They also explore what recent conflict revealed about the Gulf’s aviation and defence systems, why military spending is a form of “expensive insurance” and how autonomous aircraft could change the future of warfare.

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