[Vince Ferrer]

That seems like an awful lot of airplanes for a small country. Are they trying to get all of their citizens in the air at once?

[sukhoi-30mki]

DAE is into Aircraft leasing & funding.Once up & running,they will provide these to airlines which want them.

[drtom]

Emirates Airlines head Sheik Ahmed Bin Said al-Machtum recently announced that with this mega-purchase of wide-body planes Emirates wants to become the leading airline of the 21st century. Dubai wants to attract 15 million visitors in 2012.

Talk about mega.