DAE completes delivery of 10 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft to United Airlines

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has completed delivery of ten Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft to United Airlines, fulfilling a previously announced sale-and-leaseback mandate. The handover concludes DAE’s committed tranche of narrowbodies under the agreement, reinforcing lessor support for United’s short‑haul fleet plan.

Discovered 2025-11-26T06:54:36.672163-08:00 | 2025-11-26T06:54:36.672163-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

DAE delivered ten Boeing 737-9 (MAX 9) jets to United under a sale-and-leaseback, completing the lessor’s mandate and providing a concrete data point on recent narrowbody fleet funding and handover activity (10 aircraft).
The deal underscores continued lessor participation in airline fleet renewal and delivery cadence in the region, alongside other narrowbody handovers and leasing deals such as AerCap's recent 737 MAX leases for FlySafair (regional delivery and leasing momentum: https://hype.aero/?story=29a44313-df59-4edb-b608-9e9535a8fbb0).
This completion fits within broader Boeing MAX delivery momentum across carriers, illustrated by recent single-jet and fleet handovers in the region, including Vietjet Thailand’s first 737-8 MAX (regional MAX delivery context: https://hype.aero/?story=cc822d06-fee9-4408-b834-7a5701aef7a1).

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