PARIS: The head of new Saudi airline Riyadh Air ruled out updating aircraft orders at this week’s Paris Airshow. The startup carrier announced a provisional order for up to 72 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in March and there had been speculation the order would be finalised at the July 19-25 event.

Chief Executive Tony Douglas told reporters the carrier would not make any aircraft order announcements at Le Bourget. He said it continued to conduct a contest between Airbus and Boeing for smaller narrowbody jets.