Air Peace grows 55% to re-enter Africa’s 10 biggest airlines as Ethiopian remains No. 1

Nigeria’s Air Peace has returned to Africa’s ten largest airlines after increasing its scheduled capacity by nearly 55% in one year.

The carrier offered 354,804 seats in September, compared with 229,412 during the same month in 2025, according to OAG’s latest African aviation data⁠.

That represented an increase of 125,392 seats and made Air Peace the fastest-growing airline among the continent’s ten largest carriers by scheduled capacity.

Ethiopian Airlines retained first place with 2.09 million seats, an increase of 10%. Safair ranked second with 1.08 million, followed by EgyptAir with approximately 891,000.

Royal Air Maroc placed fourth after growing 19.2%, while Air Algérie completed the top five.