The Boeing Company’s relationship with the Middle East goes back more than 65 years when, in 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt presented a DC-3 Dakota to King Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia. Today, the region is one of the world’s fastest growing commercial airplane markets and its countries’ defense needs are rapidly expanding. Boeing is committed to building on its solid relationship with the Middle East and supports the region’s ambitions to be a global hub for air transport.