The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) today canceled its biennial MEBAA Show, which in September was postponed from early this month to late February in the hopes that the Covid-19 outbreak would ease. “Due to concerns related to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and international travel restrictions imposed across numerous countries around the world, we believe this tough decision is in the best interests of the health and safety of exhibitors, visitors, contractors and staff,” MEBAA founding and executive chairman Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi said in today's announcement about the cancellation.

The regional business aviation show was originally set to take place this week (December 8 to 10) at the Dubai World Central airshow site and three months ago was rescheduled for Feb. 22 to 24, 2021, at the same venue. According to Alnaqbi, the next MEBAA Show will now be held in Dubai at the next regularly scheduled cycle, meaning December 2022.

“For the 2022 edition, we promise to come back bigger and better, bringing new initiatives that will add even more value to your participation at the MEBAA Show,” he added. “These will include access to hours of thought-leadership seminars along with a pre-arranged meetings program to facilitate connection and networking between visitors and exhibitors.”