DAE’s Q1 profit before tax drops 70% to $25mln

DAE’s Q1 profit before tax drops 70% to $25mln

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) reported on Wednesday adjusted profit before tax dropped 70 per cent to $25 million from $83.8 million year-on year “impacted by higher loss allowance” for the first quarter 2021.

The global aviation services company headquartered in Dubai said in a statement that while revenue fell 12.l6 per cent to $307.5 million from $352 million year-on-year, it could achieve sequential lease revenue growth of 7.1 per cent in Q1 on the back of strong business momentum.

“We saw a robust level of business activity in Q1 2021 in both our aircraft leasing and engineering divisions. Revenue at DAE’s engineering division hit a record high,” said Firoz Tarapore, chief executive officer of DAE. He said DAE’s Aircraft Leasing division recorded sequential growth in lease revenue driven by net additions to its owned portfolio. “We continued to underwrite new technology aircraft and grew our aircraft portfolio by taking delivery of 13 fuel efficient aircraft in Q1 2021.”