United Nigeria Airlines has taken delivery of its first two Boeing 737-800NGs, registrations 5N-CFC and 5N-CFB, at Lagos on 13 June 2026. The aircraft are the opening pair in a six-jet package from Southwest Airlines, and the airline has already tied them to a capacity build-up across domestic and regional flying.
The carrier has now moved from paper deal to metal on the ramp, with the 189-seat 737-800s set to anchor near-term fleet growth and simplify induction around a single narrowbody type. The naming of the jets after Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe and Chinua Achebe adds a local branding layer to a transaction driven by feed, utilisation and schedule depth.
More frames are due as the fleet expansion advances.