Uganda Airlines wins World’s Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award 2021

Uganda’s national carrier, Uganda airlines has won the “ch-aviation World’s Youngest Aircraft Fleet Award 2021 with an average aircraft age of 1.15* years since it was revamped in 2018 making it the youngest aircraft fleet worldwide.

The CEO of ch-aviation, Thomas Jaeger said the award recognises airlines worldwide for keeping their fleet young, modern and efficient.

“Operators dedicated to keeping their aircraft fleet young and using new generations of aircraft contribute significantly to the decrease of C02 emissions within the aviation industry and help achieve better fuel efficiency” he said.

“We congratulate Uganda Airlines and all other airlines that won the Award this year for their hard effort in renewing their fleets, therefore making flying more environmentally friendly. It is important to say that this Award is entirely based on non-manipulable fleet data. There is no jury or any other subjective parameter involved.” He added.

To determine which airlines currently operate the youngest aircraft fleets, ch-aviation maintains an extensive aircraft fleet database consisting of more than 5,000 operators and more than 65,000 aircraft worldwide.

Uganda airlines, whose fleet consists of six jets with four bombardiers and two Airbuses currently fly’s to seven countries, with ten destinations and 12 routes. Uganda Airlines expects to serve 20 destinations by the end of 2021 with the addition of the two Intercontinental Airbus routes.

Uganda Airlines was followed by Sky Airline from South America, in second place, Salam Air from Asia in third place, Jet Smart from South America in fourth and airBaltic from Europe in fifth place.