Airbus scored a solid win at the 2021 Dubai Airshow, the first major post-pandemic event of its kind, when total orders and commitments totaled 408 aircraft. The agreements covered a spectrum of their commercial offerings, including the first sale of their A350F freighter derivative. In all, the company obtained 269 firm orders, and 139 commitments, an impressive outcome on the heels of a year that had appeared, at times, to be the beginning of a global economic implosion. Just before the show, Airbus launched its optimistic new global market forecast showing a progressive shift in demand away from fleet growth to accelerating retirement of older, less efficient aircraft.