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28 March 2024

DAE sells unit to US firm for $435m

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State-owned Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell Landmark Aviation's fixed-base operations business to US private equity firm GTCR for $435 million.

DAE bought plane-servicing firms Standard Aero Holdings Inc and Piedmont/Hawthorne Holdings Inc, which does business under the name Landmark Aviation, for $1.8 billion in April 2007.

"Our goal from the initial stage of the acquisition was to focus on building a global maintenance, repair and overhaul operation and divest the FBO [fixed base operations] business," said Omar bin Sulaiman, managing director, DAE Group in a statement.

Dubai Aerospace is building up a conglomerate operating airports and leasing and servicing planes from its base in the Gulf Arab emirate.

GTCR manages more than $8 billion in equity and mezzanine capital, according to the firm's website. 
(Reuters)