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All 150 on board are believed to have been killed. The aircraft in question was 24 years old and originally flown by Germanwingsâ parent company, Lufthansa. Germanwings is a low-budget subsidiary of Lufthansa. While the average age of a U.S. domestic commercial airliner is 11 years old, it is not uncommon for aircraft to still be in service at 24, 25, even 30 years old. âTwenty-four is not terribly old for an aircraft,â Bill de Decker, chairman of Texas-based Conklin & de Decker Aviation, told TravelPulse this morning.
A younger fleet. The current average age of charter aircraft in the U.S. is over 15 years, more than double the average age of the NetJets fleet. Since 2013, NetJets has been receiving delivery of hundreds of new NetJets aircraft. The deliveries span every cabin class and will enable NetJets to have the youngest fleet in the sky.