DAE Cancels 50 aircraft orders.

[Spendid Cruiser]

Dubai lessor DAE cancels 25 Airbuses including seven A350s (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/06/345886/dubai-lessor-dae-cancels-25-airbuses-including-seven.html)

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise appears to cancel 25 widebody orders (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/05/345862/dubai-aerospace-enterprise-appears-to-cancel-25-widebody.html)

[emiratesson]

I dont know what made me expect this even long time ago, because the DAE Name disappeared all of a sudden! What i knew was the EK current A330s will be phased out in 2013 to join DAE... i wonder what is going on over there right now.. they even Shutdown their flying school last year.. which was based in RAK. Any news?

[fluffy5]

I heard Alpha Aviation is taking the stuff from RAK, for the begining of training for Air arabia and the MPL course.

[emiratesson]

I dont think that Alpha Aviation Would take the stuff from Rak, because they had 2 Sr-22s while alpha has Cessnas and i dont know if they already finished certifying them, besides i think DAE had a fixed 737 sim where alpha will need a FNPT2 sim and they will have an A320 LEVEL D sim.. thats all i knew from last year when DAE was just shutdown. Things may have changed.

[behramjee]

I would like to know what penalty (if any) DAE had to pay Airbus and Boeing for canceling such a big number of aircraft.

Though I'm pretty sure EK and UAE Govt used a lot of influence through their current and previous A & B orders to ensure no penalty was forthcoming or it gets reduced significantly.