nlh,
Are you sure the aircraft were destined for EK?
DAE is an international leasing company, not just a supplier to EK.
In fact, do you know is EK lease any aircraft at all from DAE (not saying they don't, just that I wasn't aware of it)
Maybe this is where the extra aircraft supposedly being announced at Farnbourough are coming from?
ETA just looked up their profile. Most of their orders are for A320/737 family aircraft. They have twelve 777ER and 6 777Fs on order, but no A350s or A380s. The 777s might have been destined for us, but it wouldn't be hard to refinance that small number of aircraft, I wouldn't think.