{"id":402139,"date":"2026-04-09T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-many-aircraft-scrapped-every-year\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:00:17","slug":"how-many-aircraft-are-scrapped-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=402139","title":{"rendered":"How Many Aircraft Are Scrapped Every Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently, there is a shortage of aircraft in the world, and this is leading to lower retirement rates<\/a><\/span> for commercial aircraft<\/a><\/span> than would otherwise be expected. In all, there is an estimated cumulative delivery shortfall of around 5,300 aircraft, while around 16,000 are on order. The retirement shortfall is expected to be temporary, and the number is forecast to pick up again in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between 500 and 650 commercial aircraft are retired annually, with the industry experiencing waves and troughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,14904,7411,14138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aircraft-graveyard","category-boneyard","category-scrapping"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t