DAE announces the most important results of its business and operations for the year 2025

DAE, the global aviation services company, today announced the results of its business and commercial operations for the full year 2025.

DAE Capital:

• Signing and completing a company acquisition deal Nordic Aviation Capital Worth two billion dollars

• Acquisition of 280 aircraft (261 owned; 19 managed)

• 112 aircraft sold (95 owned; 17 managed)

• Signing 273 lease, extension and amendment agreements (227 owned; 46 managed)

• Signing and completing a long-term sale and leaseback deal for ten Boeing 737-9 aircraft with United Airlines. United Airlines

• Leasing ten Boeing 737-8 aircraft to a company AJet With a long-term contract

• Pricing the issuance of asset-backed bonds (ABS) for aircraft worth $610 million divided into two tranches, for the benefit of a client whose assets are managed by the company.

DAE Engineering:

• Recording more than 1.8 million working hours

• Conducting more than 320 aircraft inspections

• Serving more than 60 airlines from more than 30 countries on 5 continents

• Opening of a new five-lane hangar, increasing capacity by 30%

Group:

• Raised $3.9 billion in financing through borrowing with a weighted average maturity of 5.3 years

• It entered the sukuk market by issuing reference sukuks worth $650 million for a period of 5 years

• Obtained a positive outlook from the credit rating agency KBRA

Commenting on the results, Firoz Tarapore, CEO of DAE, said: “The year 2025 marked a new turning point in DAE’s journey, as we continued to expand the scope of our global presence and strengthen our position as a leading company in aviation services. The aircraft leasing division of the company, DAE Capital, ended the year with a growth in fleet size of 35%, which qualified it to enter among the five largest companies in the world in the field of aircraft leasing in terms of fleet size, while DAE continues to… “Engineering has established itself as an independent and regional leader in aircraft structure maintenance and repair.”