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DAE posted a net profit of $310 million for the first nine months of 2024. (WAM)
  • Profit before tax settled at $326.6 million for the same period, compared to $207.5 million last year.
  • Total revenue was $1.017 billion for the nine months, a YoY increase of $27.9 million, or 2.8 percent.

Dubai, UAE — Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) on Wednesday posted a net profit of US$310.8 million for the first nine months of 2024, a year-on-year (YoY) increase of $110.2 million or 54.9 percent.

Meanwhile, profit before tax settled at $326.6 million for the same period, compared to $207.5 million last year.

Total revenue was $1.017 billion for the nine months, a YoY increase of $27.9 million, or 2.8 percent, while operating profit before exceptional items was $512.1 million, an increase of $47.6 million or 10.2 percent.

Total assets hit $12.771 billion in the first nine months, compared to $12,262.5 million in the same period last year.

Other highlights include agreements to acquire 23 aircraft valued at approximately $1.1 billion, with 91 percent of these as narrow-body models and 86 percent as next-generation technology aircraft. The company reported a total of 47 aircraft acquired, divided between 11 owned and 36 managed. Aircraft sales matched acquisitions, totalling 47 (16 owned and 31 managed), with 103 lease agreements, extensions, and amendments signed (85 owned, 18 managed).

Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE, stated, “We continue to manage our balance sheet prudently with our liquidity and capital adequacy metrics remaining exceptionally strong. We ended the quarter with $4.0 billion in liquidity and a Liquidity Coverage Ratio of 335 percent. Leverage, as measured by net debt-to-equity, improved to 2.45x from 2.53x at year-end 2023.”