Nigeria's Green Africa Airways goes shopping

Not even airborne, but Nigeria's Green Africa Airways is currently in the second stage of fleet planning. If you have a closer look into that, it becomes very clear: something very big might happen in Nigeria.

The Lagos-based start-up airline - already in 2018 - had announced plans to buy 100 Boeing 737 MAX. The B737 MAX is not availabe for the known reasons, and even when the final approval will reach the Boeing factories, it is not yet clear when Boing will be able to restart the production. As a consequence, Green Africa Airways has modified the fleet planning and signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to buy 50 (fifty!) Boeing A220. The A220 delivers unbeatable fuel efficiency and widebody passenger comfort in a single-aisle aircraft, in combination with 20% less fuel burn compared to the previous generation of airplanes.

We will see, how things develop.