To Fly or Not To Fly....Which Aircraft?

Chronicled by Afronuts @ Thursday, June 07, 2012

In the wake of the recent air disaster that happened lately, a lot of questions have arisen over whether to ever travel by air across Nigeria's airspace. Even if the option was to fly, which aircraft company would be the best bet to fly?

I got wind of this list on the different Nigerian aircraft (of which most are Tokunbo aircraft) and it's shocking to discover that our airports may actually be a dumping ground for worn-out aircraft. Check out the age range of these airlines.

Aero Contractors Company – 12 planes. Average age is 19.7 years

Africa Charter Services – 2 planes. Average age is 32.1 years

Air Nigeria – 12 planes. Average Age is 13.5 years

Air Taraba – 2 planes. Average age is 10.5 years

Arik Air – 21 planes. Average age is 5.5 years

Axiom Air – 1 plane. Average age is 24.5 years

Bellview Airlines (now defunct thanks to the 2005 crash that made

the business nose dive) – 2 planes. Average age is 31.9 years

 First Nation Airways (Formerly Bellview Airlines) – 3 planes. Average age is 18.4 years 

Chanchangi Airlines – 6 planes. Average age is 25.6 years

Dana Air – 4 planes. Average age is 21.4 years

IRS Airlines – 5 planes. Average age is 21.6 years

Kabo Air – 5 planes. Average age is 34.5 years

Not even a single image of this airline is available on the internet!

Max Air – 6 planes. Average age is 24.1 years

Overland Airways – 2 planes. Average age is 22.2 years

At least this airline can be excused for not having any image online
since it says they've got just 1 plane!

Tradecraft Airlines – 1 plane. Average age is 25.4 years 

TranSky Airlines – 1 plane. Average age is 28.2 years

It's amazing how some of these planes happen to look good despite their age. It's probably when you enter them that you realize that they are not all that. I know this because I once boarded one of the newer ones I could tell that it was not an old plane by the time I stepped inside.

So with these listed statistics, you can make a decision which airline you'd feel safer flying with!