More Competition for Air Peace, Others as Nigerian Airline Acquires More Aircraft
- Over the weekend, two more Bombardier CRJ 900s arrived, adding to Ibom Air's fleet of operations
- With this, the airline now has nine aircraft in total, comprising seven CRJ 900s and two Airbus A220-300s.
- The two recently acquired CRJ 900s were bought outright with the help of a shareholder loan
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Two additional Bombardier CRJ 900s have joined Ibom Air's fleet, having arrived over the weekend.
Source: UGC
Ibom Air now has nine aircraft in total, including two Airbus A220-300s and seven CRJ 900s, thanks to this addition.
A shareholder loan is used to finance the outright purchase of the two CRJ 900s.
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”Their addition will bring more capacity to Ibom Air’s service offerings, facilitating better connectivity and reliability for travellers,” Mfom Udom, the Chief Executive Officer disclosed at the reception event in Uyo.
This Day reported that Akwa Ibom state governor Umo Eno and other senior government officials formally received the airplanes with the designations 5N-CED and 5N-CEE.
Governor Eno said:
“The addition of these two CRJ 900 next-generation aircraft is an assurance of our administration’s continuous support for Ibom Air and a strict adherence to our ARISE Agenda’s goal of strategic investment in sectors capable of stimulating economic growth and enhancing the status of our state among the assemblage of states in the federation.”
On his part, the chief executive officer of Ibom Air, Mr Mfon Udom, said:
“We are delighted to welcome these two new CRJ 900 aircraft to our fleet “Still, we are not resting because to become a serious scheduled carrier, we need to keep growing our fleet.
The airline, according to Udom, is eagerly awaiting the deliveries of nine remaining Airbus A220-300s from Airbus Company in the next three years.
The airline recently received the second Airbus A220-300, fulfilling its plans to increase fleet operations.
New airline begins operations in Nigeria
Legit.ng previously reported that XEJet announced the beginning of its scheduled flight operations from Abuja to Lagos, offering passengers a competitive fare.
The airline’s launch followed its recent expansion of operations, including adding scheduled services to its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in September.
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