ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) has announced the return to service of ET-BBB (msn 66150), the last of two Boeing narrowbodies damaged during gunfire at Niamey, Niger, at the end of January 2026.

In a statement, the airline said the B737-8 had undergone "major maintenance" and "structural repair work" at the Addis Ababa International MRO of part-shareholder Ethiopian Airlines.

"The aircraft, which suffered structural damage during incidents at Niamey International Airport on January 29, 2026, underwent several months of specialised repair and maintenance work. Its return to Lomé marks an important milestone for ASKY and demonstrates the successful completion of a particularly demanding technical restoration programme," the airline said.

According to ADS-B data, ET-BBB was ferried to Lomé from Addis Ababa on September 23 and returned to service on September 27 on regional routes, including to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta and Libreville Leon M'Ba.

This followed the return to service on June 26 of ET-BAH (msn 39061), a B737-800, damaged in the same January incident. ADS-B data show it was ferried from Addis Ababa to Lomé a day earlier and has since resumed operating regional routes for ASKY.

In June, ASKY said the repairs were delayed by spare parts shortages, forcing the airline to wet lease an aircraft temporarily to offset the loss of capacity.