Ibom Airline gets new aircraft

Ibom Airline has taken delivery of a new aircraft, a Bombardier CRJ 900, with registration number 5N-BXP, making it four aircraft on her fleet.

The Management of Ibom Air announced the arrival of the new aircraft in a release on its official Facebook page on Wednesday.

It stated that the aircraft arrived Lagos from Calgary, Canada at 10:48 pm local time, on Tuesday evening, May 5, 2020.

The company said her modern fleet of Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft comes fitted with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters which helps to remove contaminated air from the cabin.

According to the company, Ibom Air has so far recorded 98 percent on-time flight departure since it commenced commercial flight operations on June 7, 2019.

The three aircraft have reportedly airlifted 50,000 passengers within 100 days of its operations.

“We are very pleased to receive the first of our two recently purchased Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft, in line with our fleet expansion strategy. With this addition, our fleet grows to four aircraft.

“This particular aircraft, with registration number 5N-BXP, made its maiden commercial flight in May 2014 (just 6 years ago). Thus, Ibom Air continues to operate the lowest average fleet age amongst Nigeria’s airlines.

“This fleet strategy is in line with our vision to be a world-class African regional airline.

“HEPA filters are high – intensity filters that do not just filter dust, but effectively capture greater than 99% of the airborne microbes in the filtered air, including microscopic particles such as bacteria and viruses.

“Cabin air in HEPA equipped aircraft generally pass through the filters 20-30 times per hour, removing contaminants and greatly enhancing the quality of air in the cabin,” the release stated.

Ibom Air which is a state owned and operated airline, is the brainchild of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration, set up to open Akwa Ibom State to industrialization through land, sea and air.