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Global fleet age hits 14.8 years as aircraft deliveries fall 26% below forecast

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Wole Shadare

In a year where global passenger traffic has soared past pre-pandemic levels, airlines find themselves grounded by an unexpected adversary: the supply chain. Despite a booming appetite for air travel and bullish industry growth projections, carriers worldwide are struggling to receive the aircraft they’ve ordered, resulting in a fleet age that has reached an all-time high of 14.8 years. That statistic is more than an inconvenience for an industry driven by precision, fuel efficiency, and…

Air Peace Acquires Embraer 190 Aircraft

Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace, has increased its aircraft number by adding its first Embraer 190 aircraft to its fleet. The aircraft, bearing registration 5N-CEF, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at exactly 19:38 on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Speaking with newsmen, the airline’s spokesperson, Osifo-Whiskey Efe, disclosed that the newly acquired aircraft is a 118-seater and the first of its type in the carrier’s growing fleet portfolio. He disclosed that…

Aircraft Supply Crisis: Tripple Whammy On Revenue, Costs, Performance

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Wole Shadare

With aircraft production delays stretching into the next decade and maintenance backlogs worsening, airlines are being forced to rethink their expansion plans. Nigerian carriers are already reeling under many issues that threaten their existence. This additional global issue has taken a huge toll on them, compounding aircraft in their feet to an abysmal level, fuelled by an under-capacity problem, writes WOLE SHADARE Struggle to keep pace Aircraft manufacturers struggle to keep up with demand,…

NAMA Conducts Aircraft Emergency Table Top Excercise In Lagos

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Tuesday conducted an aircraft emergency tabletop exercise to enlighten aviation stakeholders on how to manage aircraft emergencies and disasters. The exercise which took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Conferences centre brought key stakeholders in emergency management and Search and Rescue Units drawn from all the aviation agencies, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Department of State Security (DSS), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),…

Aircraft scarcity, Nigerian airlines’ biggest challenge-Okonkwo

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Wole Shadare

· Unfulfilled orders for new aircraft hit 17,000 planes- IATA · Fleet depletion worsens carriers’ operations The chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo said scarcity of aircraft is the biggest problem Nigerian carriers face. He noted that the scarcity of aircraft was made possible by a backlog of aircraft that were supposed to have been delivered by the major aircraft makers, Boeing and Airbus but which were delayed as a result of Covid. The…

Kirby: We Are Excited About Our Business In Africa Despite Slow Aircraft Delivery

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United Airlines’ Chief Executive Officer, Scott Kirby, in this interview with WOLE SHADARE at the unveiling of the airline’s United’s Polaris Studio suites in New York, United States, speaks about $150 million in inflight meals, excitement about its operations in Africa, supply chain crisis and how to make the carrier the biggest in the world. United’s Polaris Studio suites you are unveiling today are not only innovative but also creative as they give premium travellers a new…

NSIB probes crash-landing of trainer aircraft at Ilorin airport

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into the crash-landing of a Diamond training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School, Ilorin. The incident occurred at 17:28 local time on May 23, 2025, during a simulated instrument approach on Runway 05 at Ilorin International Airport. The aircraft veered off the runway and came to a stop on the grass verge. Two occupants were on board. Both sustained serious injuries and were swiftly…

Boeing confirms China aircraft deliveries have stalled

Posted on April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Boeing has stated in its latest quarterly update that Chinese airlines do not intend to take delivery of new aircraft. The aircraft maker confirmed that aircraft deliveries to China have effectively come to a standstill. CFO Brian West stated during the Q1 2025 earnings call that “many of our customers in China have indicated they will not take delivery” due to retaliatory tariffs”. “The only region that we have an issue with aircraft delivery today…

Airbus reports 766 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2024

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Aircraft maker, Airbus delivered 766 commercial aircraft to 86 customers around the world in 2024. The Commercial Aircraft business registered 878 gross new orders. As a result, its 2024 year-end backlog stood at 8,658 aircraft. Airbus’ 2024 aircraft fleet deliveries Christian Scherer, CEO of Commercial Aircraft at Airbus said, “2024 confirmed sustained demand for new aircraft. We won key customer decisions with the most important customers and saw phenomenal momentum for our wide-body order book, complementing our leading position…

FAAN aircraft marshallers undergo revalidation training

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Wole Shadare

To reduce apron-related incidents and accidents during the Yuletide, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has launched a revalidation program for aircraft marshallers in collaboration with F.C.I International, Centre of Technical Development. Training and competent revalidation of over 200 aircraft marshallers from various airports in the federation has been carried out to enable the marshallers to perform their duty of providing safe guidance of aircraft during ground movement and taxiing as required by Nigeria…

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