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THE YOUNGEST AIRLINE FLEETS KRIMSON IS GROWING

ARE STILL IN ASIA

youngest fleets belong to airlines operating as branded, in-house
subsidiaries of larger airline groups. The uncertainty of Brexit,
Swiss airline intelligence provider ch-aviation has revealed the airlines looking for lower-cost operating models and a flux of
names of the world’s youngest airline fleets, measured in average other reasons mean European airlines are creating subsidiaries
aircraft age. in different countries and in many cases moving their youngest
It is the second such ch-aviation analysis on the topic, and the aircraft to these newly created entities. Good examples are
company’s first report was published two years ago in August 2017. ‘Norwegian’, ‘Wizz Air’, ‘Ryanair’ and ‘SAS’ - these airline groups Ethiopia-based aviation
Analysis shows several of the youngest airline fleets are in Asia, took all 5 leading places in Europe”.
while ‘Norwegian Air Sweden’ tops the list as the commercial The airline with the youngest fleet in Asia is Saudi low-cost airline business Krimson has bolstered
carrier with the youngest fleet of aircraft on a global scale. ‘flyadeal’ which operates a fleet of 12 aircraft with an average age its operation by adding five
‘VietJetAir’ has the youngest aircraft fleet of the large airlines of just more than a year. The youngest fleet in South America also new members to its team.
(those with 50 aircraft or more). In the very large airline category, belongs to a low-cost airline, in this case, Chile’s ‘JetSMART’. Edomgenet Sentayehu
(100 aircraft or more) ‘Aeroflot’ takes the crown for the youngest Interestingly, both of these leading airlines in Asia and South has been appointed as the
airline fleet. America started operations as recently as 2017. Kenyan low-cost Chief Financial Officer and is
The average aircraft flying the globe is 12 years old, shows airline ‘Jambojet’ leads Africa’s list with an average aircraft age of controlling the financial status
ch-aviation’s analysis of more than 30’000 active commercial 4,3 years. of the company.
Meanwhile Helina Teshome
aircraft. This includes passenger and cargo aircraft. Canadian regional airline ‘WestJet Encore’ and French Polynesia’s and Nadia Getachew have come
The youngest airline fleets are in Asia with an average age of ‘Air Tahiti’ are two airlines that reached the top place in their on board as Flight Operations
8,5 years. The oldest fleets are in the Africa and Oceania regions, regions’ youngest fleet ranking in both 2017 and 2019. ‘WestJet Officers. Betelhem Shumu has
where the average fleet is more than 16 years old. Encore’ was the airline with the youngest fleet in North America in become marketing officer and
“Our data clearly shows that Asian airlines continue to see 2017 with 40 aircraft and an average age of 2,2 years. Yonas Desalgne is re-joining the
tremendous growth, especially the low-cost carriers. This coupled In 2019, the fleet had aged to 3,9 years on average, but it was company, after a year working The new Krimson team are (back) Helina Teshome, Dawit Lemma,
with good access to capital for new aircraft leads to the youngest good enough to keep its position in the region. The ‘Air Tahiti’ fleet with Oxfam, to head up IT and Nadia Getachew, Yoseph Moges and front row (left to right) Lemlem
fleets being in this part of the world” said Thomas Jaeger, ch-avia- is now slightly younger than it was two years ago (around four support Betelhem with his Mitiku, Yonas Desalgne, Betelhem Shumu, Edomgenet Sentayehu
tion CEO. years on average), and this fact guaranteed them the number one graphic design and branding “I’m so excited about the depth of
The airline with the world’s youngest fleet is ‘Norwegian position in Oceania. skills. ment for international private aviation experience, the professional abilities and
Air Sweden’ which operates a small fleet of 5 aircraft with an “This year, we also looked at the youngest fleets for larger With nearly a decade of experience companies. Helina brings a background in fantastic team that is now supporting
economics and insurance gained before
average age of 0,74 years. Interestingly, the Swedish subsidiary of airlines separately, because fleet renewal for these airlines is more in accountancy and financial analysis joining the aviation sector as an inflight Krimson. It is well known that recruiting
‘Norwegian’ took the crown from another of the firm’s subsidiaries, complex and requires more capital than for small start-ups,” said Edomgenet brings a wealth of accountancy service provider. for aviation is a challenge but in my new
‘Norwegian UK’ which was named as having the world’s youngest Jaeger. experience from outside the aviation team I have found a wealth of skills, talent
fleet in 2017. This year ‘Norwegian UK’ took 3rd place, giving up the “In the category of airlines with 50 aircraft or more, we see industry having worked in the advertising Betelhem and Yonas are developing and characters who I know will work well
lead not only to its Swedish sister, but also to ‘Wizz Air UK’. Asian low-cost airlines dominating the list. The list of the youngest sector, as well as for public and private and implementing the Krimson marketing together to provide our customers the very
Jaeger further elaborated on Europe’s youngest airline fleets: fleet with 100 aircraft or more, is led by Russian national carrier enterprises. strategy to further raise the Krimson profile best in aviation services.
“We found the interesting phenomenon in Europe where the Aeroflot”.Q Nadia and Helina bring diverse per- at an international level. “Krimson continues to grow and as we
The new team will support CEO Dawit
spectives to Krimson as Flight Operations Lemma in continuing to lead the company look to set up operations in Eritrea, I need a
solid, reliable team to support all activity,”
AIRLINES JONATHAN IS AIR MAURITIUS Officers. Nadia sharpened her skills working to greater heights in the industry. said Lemma. Q
in sales, marketing and project manage-
BRAND AMBASSADOR

NEWS AVIATION SAFETY ADVISORY
al duties when he promotes Air Mauritius’s wide-body operations.
He will also be working with the airline and the Reach For a Dream
Foundation, in the development of a travel-themed “Dream Room”
Air Mauritius has appointed Jonathan Boynton-Lee as a – a sanctuary within a paediatric hospital ward, where children PANEL APPOINTED
brand ambassador for the airline. affected by life-threatening diseases can escape their clinical
Air Mauritius regional manager southern Africa and Latin surroundings and experience a little childhood joy. Q The panel, created last year by Congress, and trade association officials.
America Carla da Silva has confirmed that Boynton-Lee has signed will offer input on ‘aircraft and flight Beth Pasztor, vice president for
a 12-month agreement. US Transportation secretary Elaine standards certification processes, oversight safety, security and compliance at Boeing
“The objective will be to raise the profile of the brand and to Chao has named 22 people to a new of safety management systems, risk-based Commercial Airplanes, is also on the panel.
create more awareness of Air Mauritius’s value propositions” she panel that will advise the department on oversight efforts, and utilization of Federal prosecutors, the department
explained. aviation safety oversight and certification delegation and designation authorities,’ the of transportation’s inspector general,
Boynton-Lee is a highly-respected and accomplished South programmes as the Federal Aviation department said. Congress and several blue-ribbon panels
African TV presenter, actor and film director. But it was his Administration continues to grapple with The panel will be chaired by former are investigating how the FAA certifies new
positivity and his enthusiastic championing of the Reach for a the fallout from two fatal Boeing 737 MAX Alaska Airlines chief executive William Ayer. aircraft and the decision to certify the 737
Dream Foundation and its work, which captured the interest of Da crashes. It includes officials from Delta Air Lines, GE MAX.
Silva. Aviation, United Airlines, Bell Helicopter Last month, US National Transportation
“The Reach For a Dream Foundation is Air Mauritius’s Charity of The long-time practice of the FAA Textron, Garmin, Wing Aviation LLC, Pratt Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt
Choice. It is South Africa’s premier NGO and its mission is to fulfil delegating certification tasks to aircraft & Whitney - a unit of United Technologies said his agency would outline recommen-
dreams for children with life-threatening diseases, ”she said. Carla da Silva, Air Mauritius regional manager manufacturers has come under criticism Corp - and Gulfstream - a unit of General dations on the FAA’s aircraft certification
In the next few weeks, Boynton-Lee will kick off his ambassadori- with brand ambassador Jonathan Boynton-Lee after the two 737 MAX crashes in five Dynamics Corp - as well as union, airport procedures soon. Q
months.
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