DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) - Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas

on Monday said that the Saudi startup carrier would be ready to

buy Boeing ( BA ) aircraft destined for Chinese airlines if they

are not delivered due to the escalating trade war between the

United States and China.

Boeing ( BA ) is looking to resell potentially dozens of planes

locked out of China by tariffs after repatriating a third jet to

the United States in a delivery standoff that drew new criticism

of Beijing from U.S. President Donald Trump.

"What we've done... is made it quite clear to Boeing ( BA ), should

that ever happen, and the keyword there is should, we'll happily

take them all," Douglas said in an interview with Reuters on the

sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market conference.

Boeing ( BA ) took the rare step of publicly flagging the potential

aircraft sale during an analyst call last week, saying that

there would be no shortage of buyers in a tight jet market.