DUBAI, UAE — Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) announced that it had successfully completed the placement of 14 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with two long-standing customers. The order was placed with Boeing in March 2021.



According to the delivery schedule, The Dubai-based lessor delivered 12 737 MAX 8s to Aeroméxico and 2 737 MAX 8s to Icelandair. Deliveries started in October 2021 and all aircraft were delivered before the end of the first half of 2022.

“We are very pleased to see the pace of recovery in air travel and the associated demand for this new technology, fuel-efficient planes. We thank Aeroméxico and Icelandair, both long-term customers of DAE, for their ongoing trust in DAE and wish them much success with their new fleet additions,” Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE said.

As of December 31, 2021, DAE had 153 Boeing aircraft in its fleet, including 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.