I hate to ruin a perfectly good rant, but if i read that table correctly it shows two figures for each year. "in service" and "total"
Presumably the difference between aircraft on strength and those actually in service (makes sense if you look at the fleets with large numbers not in service).
Comparing the numbers actually in service between 2016 and 2023 it shows that the total strength of operational aircraft has been reduced by the shameful amount of... two!
Operational aircraft slashed by 0.645 percent over 7 years. Not such a sexy headline though!
