DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Back-slapping over record passenger figures is tinged with frustration at the airline trade body's annual meeting as carriers lament yearslong delays to deliveries of new Boeing aircraft.

Headline projections of nearly 5 billion passengers and close to $1 trillion in revenues this year, both records, were reasons for celebration at the IATA annual general meeting in Dubai.

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