The major challenge domestic carriers face is their short life span, which is a major factor attributed to poor air transport system in Nigeria. Without long life span, the country’s airlines cannot grow, create good jobs, achieve high maintenance status and contribute significantly to nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Many industry stakeholders, including operators and […]
The trend is beginning to change for Nigerian airlines as they begin to acquire brand new fleet, which saves fuel, has less maintenance cost and improves safety with hi-tech advancement. At the on-going Dubai Air Show, two Nigerian carriers, Ibom Air and Overland Airways have ordered for brand new aircraft from Airbus and Embraer respectively, […]
Recently, the Management of Ibom Air, proudly welcomed the airline’s one-millionth passenger on board flight number IAN4134 departing from Victor Attah International Airport Uyo to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, at 16:00 local time. The passenger, Ms Olowodu Daba Obene, was on the queue to board when the count to the 1,000,000th passenger began. Ibom […]
Nigeria’s growing domestic carrier, Ibom Air on Monday commenced daily scheduled flights to Port Harcourt with plans to extend its operations to other destinations. The airline deployed its newly leased Airbus A220-300 in its inaugural flight to Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, bringing to six, the total number of destinations it operates in the […]
As part of efforts to end the huge capital flight spent on maintenance of aircraft overseas put at $2 billion annually, some operators in the aviation industry and the Akwa Ibom State government have taken steps towards developing maintenance facilities in Nigeria. In the last four years, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given […]
