Not unknown for non-UK subsidiaries of UK airlines to keep going well after the UK operation goes out of business. Court Line continued in South Africa, with same name, font and livery style, long after the UK one disappeared.
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Originally Posted by
rog747
AE did have orders (options maybe) with both MDD and Boeing back in the very early 1980's for DC10-30 and RR 747-200B
I think you have one order mixed here. AE placed orders for the MD-11, the DC-10 no longer being marketed by the time, but with Rolls-Royce engines. In the end McDD never progressed the RR engine version through to production.
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