Aviation

Ibom Air launches another airbus on its fleet

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BY ORJI ONYEKWERE Ibom Air recently received its second Airbus A220-300 aircraft, which arrived in Nigeria via Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on August 10, 2024. The shareholder, the Akwa Ibom State Government, formally received the aircraft on August 20th, 2024, at Victor Attah

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Ibom Air adds another Airbus to its fleet

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BY ORJI ONYEKWERE Ibom Air is set to add an additional Airbus A220-300 to its fleet. The airline’s acquisition of this new aircraft is a strategic move to boost its capacity and meet growing demand for its product. In October 2021, Ibom Air put in a firm order for 10 Airbuses A220-300 aircraft, the first […]

Tourism

Ibom Air takes delivery of brand new Airbus A220-300.

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 3 December 2023 0

By Orji Onyekwere Ibom Air, the commercial airline owned by the Akwa Ibom State government has announced the successful delivery of the first of (10) ten Airbus A220-300 aircraft ordered from the aircraft manufacturer Airbus at the 2021 Dubai Air show. In attendance at the handover ceremony held on Friday, 24 November 2023, at Airbus’s […]

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Ibom Air: Flight to Ghana, beginning of expansion to W/African region -Eno

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 20 October 2023 0

…Ghana warmly welcomes airline By Isaac Job Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has said that the maiden flight by state-owned airline, Ibom Air, to Ghana last Tuesday was a signal of expansion into the West African subregion. Speaking yesterday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ekereteh Udoh, the Governor described the […]

Aviation

Ibom Air joins regional competition with flight operations

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 18 October 2023 0

By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo, and Isaac Job Ibom Air, the Akwa Ibom State-owned airline, has commenced regional flight operations from Lagos to Accra. The inaugural flight took off at 7:00 am (WAT) Tuesday from the Murtala Muhammad Airport Ikeja offering travellers a new gateway to explore the vibrant West African region. This strategic expansion aligns with […]

Aviation

Ibom Air begins regional operations October 17

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BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO Come October 17, Ibom Air will start daily flight services to the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, after revealing plans it will expand its flight network to West and Central Africa. The Akwa Ibom State Government owned airline, looking to broaden its horizons said Accra has become the first of its planned seven […]

Aviation

Air fare hike will reduce passenger patronage- Ibom Air boss

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2023 0

By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ibom Air, Mr George Uriesi says, raising air fares as a result of rise in the exchange rate of foreign currencies to the naira is not an option to sustain operation but to scare away passengers. Uriesi who was responding to questions from newsmen at the just […]

Aviation

Ibom air receives IOSA certification

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2023 0

By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The International Air Transport Association (IATA), on Wednesday, formally presented Ibom Air with its Operational Safety Audit Certificate. The certificate was received by the Ibom Airlines Limited management team, led by the CEO, Mfon Udom, at the Ibom Air headquarters in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state from IATA representatives Dr. Samson Fatokun, Area

News

How Ibom Air passenger who lied over missing bag was nabbed

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2023 0

An airline passenger has been charged to court and convicted over false claim of missing baggage. The passenger (names withheld) was said to have boarded an Ibom Air Q10319 from Abuja to Lagos and on arrival in Lagos raised an alarm that one of his checked-in bags containing valuable items was missing. Following the claim […]

Aviation

Ibom Air begins flights operations from Enugu today

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2020 0

By Moses Oyediran Ibom Air Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mr. George Uriesi has said the airline would begin flight operations from the newly rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu today, 14th of September 2020. The airline made this known in a press release signed and made available to The Daily Times by its Group Manager […]

Aviation

COVID-19: Ibom Air wants tax holiday for aviation industry

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2020 0

By Isaac Job Management of Ibom Air has appealed to the federal government to grant tax waivers to cushion the negative effects of coronavirus that hit the Aviation sector of the economy. Speaking to Daily Times correspondent at Ibom Airport in Uyo, General Manager Marketing and Communications, Mrs Aniekan Essien-Ette, said the tax holidays were […]

News

Domestic airlines reveal 16,429 delayed flights in 6 months – NCAA

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2019 0

The Consumer Protection Department of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has released figures of delayed flights of domestic airlines operating in Nigeria within 6 months. A document signed by the department and received by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, revealed that 16,429 cases of delayed flights have been recorded between January and June 2019, […]

Business

Ibom Air sets to dominate domestic, regional flights

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2019

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo A start-up airline, Ibom Air has unveiled its plans to be one of the major players in the Nigerian aviation industry. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the airline, Mr George Uriesi while speaking with aviation reporters at the airline’s inaugural flight operation to Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom, said the vision of […]