Is Ethiopian Airlines the largest fleet in Africa as posted on X?

A social media page on X made a list of Africa’s largest airlines, ranking them by fleet size and putting Ethiopian Airlines as first.

The claim is TRUE.

Africa Facts Zone, a popular social media account, ranks the largest airlines by fleet size across Africa in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The page, which prides itself as a platform for facts, ranked Ethiopian Airlines with 154 planes as the largest airline in Africa by fleet size. It was followed by EgyptAir, 73 planes; Air Algeria, 53 planes; Royal Air Maroc, 50 planes; Air Peace, 44 planes and Kenya Airways, 33 planes as well as Tunisair, 29 planes. However, these numbers have not been corroborated by other experts.

For example, Business Insider Africapublished a recent report that also

presented the 5 largest airlines in Africa by fleet size in 2024.

Quoting Planespotter, a civil aviation database, the report noted that Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest airline with a fleet of 135 aircraft, followed by Egypt Air – 71, Air Algerie – 55, Royal Air Maroc – 50 and Kenya Airways – 34. Air Peace and Tunisair have 30 and 19 fleets respectively. The same information was documented by Biznakenya.

Additionally, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) 2023 annual report ranked Ethiopian Airlines as the largest airline with 129 fleet, followed by Egypt Air – 69, Air Algeria – 58, Royal Air Maroc – 50, Kenya Airways – 32 while Safair and Air Peace have 30 and 20 fleets respectively.

Conclusion

The claim that Ethiopian Airlines is the largest in Africa is TRUE though the data provided is not accurate.