After insisting for 15 years that the superjumbo is the future, Emirates airline has been forced by the demise of the A380 to embrace smaller wide-body jets, resulting in a flurry of maneuvers between planemakers at this week's Dubai Airshow.

FILE PHOTO: Boeing 787 Dreamliner performs air display during the second day of Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18, 2019. REUTERS/ Mahmoud Khaled