Ibom Air has spoke! of plans to commence international flight to seven African countries in a move to expand its operations in 2023 .
The Manager , Communications and Marketing of Ibom Airline ,Mrs Anie Essienette who dropped the hints while interacting with Correspondents, said the flight operations to the African countries would commence in the next two months.
Essienette listed the countries to include Liberia, Senegal , Gabon, Ghana , Cameroon, Cote d’ivoire and Gambia .
“Already ,we have an invite to fly in Gambia but we will commence regional operations in the next two months.
” Ibom Air started with 3 Aircrafts but in the course of our operations additional 2 Aircrafts were acquired. When demand for our services was higher ,we requested for 10 more Aircrafts .”
She said while waiting for the Aircrafts, 2 new Airbuses were leased from Egyptians Airline as Ibom Air Pilots were trained pending the arrival of the ones ordered.
” Seven Aircrafts have been booked for the international operations. They will be throughout 2023. As we speak , some experts have gone to inspects it to ensure that the Aircrafts is built to our specifications
” Before the end of 2023 , Our own Aircrafts will be delivered but the Airbuses will supplied in tranches.”
Essienette debunked insinuations that the Airline was owned by an individual, adding that the company was an investment of AKwa Ibom state government .
She explained that Ibom Air was financially sound with the capacity to outlive every administration in the state.
” We are at the point tidying up the agreement with Gambia government so that we can commence flight operations there.
” In 2023, we have plans to ply new routes will not be up to two months to commence the African regional operations ” she said
