Air Peace Takes Delivery Of Fifth Brand New Aircraft [PHOTOS]

Nigerian airliner, Air Peace has taken delivery of the fifth brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft- with the registration number: 5N-BYJ.

The aircraft, which depart­ed the factory in Brazil, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos on Thursday night.

Mr. Stanley Olisa, the Spokesperson of Air Peace told journalists that this new acqui­sition would further enable the airline to meet the growing air travel demand of Nigerians.

Olisa, who explained that this modernisation of fleet was to achieve the no-city-left-behind ambition of the airline, stressed that just about two weeks ago, the airline brought in two new Airbus 320s to boost domestic and regional connec­tivity.

He said that with this fifth brand new Embraer 196-E2 aircraft, the airline has eight more from the thirteen the firm ordered from the Brazil­ian aerospace conglomerate, Embraer, in 2019.

He hinted that the remain­ing eight E195-E2s will be de­livered in 2022, adding that the airline planned to activate pur­chase rights for 17 of the same aircraft model once the initial 13 are delivered, totaling 30 ul­tra-modern airplanes.

“We are determined to give the flying public world-class flight experience and to achieve this; we decided to invest in state-of-the-art aircraft through strategic fleet expansion. Our fleet is increasingly becoming modern and it is all to help re­duce the air travel burden of Nigerians”, Olisa said.

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The airline’s Spokesperson, who assured Nigerians of adequate flights during this festive period, asserted that a good number of aircraft will be returning from overseas maintenance and this will in­crease the frequencies of spe­cific routes and bolster overall operations.

Air Peace currently services 20 domestic routes, six region­al routes and two international destinations and operates an in­creasing modern fleet of 33 air­craft, including five brand new E195-E2s and two Airbus 320s.