Air Peace today took delivery of the third of its brand new Embraer 195-E5

Air Peace today  took delivery of the third of its brand new Embraer 195-E5 and has stated that before the end of 2022, it would have taken delivery of all the thirteen (13) firm orders made to the Brazilian plane manufacturer.

Chairman/ Chief executive of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema made this known just before the aircraft touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport from the Embraer Facility in Sao Jose Dos Campos.

Onyema said,” For our aircraft, we have paid for thirteen and we now have three with the arrival of the latest aircraft. There will be two coming in August to make it five and before the end of 2021 we will have eight (8). “

According to the Air Peace CEO, these aircraft would hit the West Coast and African region as the airline will strengthen it further with the inclusion of other routes like Douala (Cameroon), Kinshasa (Congo), Naimey (Niger), Dakar (Senegal) as well as Freetown (Liberia)

Director General of the Nigerian civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), captain Musa Nuhu who described the arrival of the brand new aircraft as a milestone said that what was happening in Nigeria’s air transport industry was a paradigm shift.

He commended the Air Peace chairman stressing that the beauty of the delivery was not just that the aircraft is new but that it airline picked the right aircraft suitable for the market.

“ Today is another milestone and a paradigm shift and this is something that I have not seen since my days at Nigerian Airways when they were purchasing the right aircraft for the right routes.  Air Peace is not only buying aircraft but buying the right size aircraft for the Nigerian market.

“The Embraer aircraft is the right aircraft, it breaks even with low passenger figures, you maintenance cost is low, your operational cost is low.

“ Another factor is that the new aircraft is absolutely great for the environment, it does less pollution. I am really proud that  I am DG when this paradigm shift is happening. We are all here to work together to grow the industry and we have to give  kudos to the entrepreneur as without such people all this will not be possible, without the entrepreneur the whole system is unraveled, we need entreprenuers like Onyema” Nuhu said.