By Tim Hepher, Ahmed Elimam and Federico Maccioni

DUBAI (Reuters) -Aircraft delays, China’s ambitions to dethrone Airbus and Boeing, and geopolitical tensions will vie for attention with new jet orders at next week’s Dubai Airshow.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tour of the Gulf in May, which included tens of billions of dollars of orders for Boeing, stole some of the thunder of the Middle East’s largest aviation event and anticipated some announcements typically showcased in Dubai.

Now it is the turn of Airbus, lagging Boeing in this year’s order race, to try to close the gap with a series of show announcements, though Boeing will also unveil some further deals, delegates said ahead of the November 17-21 event.

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