Ibom Air welcomes 5th CRJ900 aircraft

Ibom Air has received it’s fifth Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, the second of the two additional aircraft purchased in December 2019.

The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BXO, arrived Lagos from Calgary, Canada at 00.05 am local time, Saturday morning, 01 August 2020).

With the arrival of this aircraft, the airline’s modern and efficient fleet grows to five aircraft and Ibom Air continues to operate the youngest fleet amongst Nigeria’s airlines.

The airline says the fleet strategy is in line with its vision to be a world-class African regional airline.

A key benefit of Ibom Air’s very modern fleet of Bombardier CRJ 900 aircraft is that they all come factory-fitted with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters.

HEPA filters are high-intensity filters that do not just filter dust, but effectively capture greater than 99.97percent of the airborne microbes in cabin air, including microscopic particles such as bacteria and viruses.

Cabin air in HEPA equipped aircraft generally passes through the filters every 2-3 minutes, removing contaminants and greatly enhancing the quality of air in the cabin.

Ibom Air thanked the Minister of Aviation, the Federal Ministry of Aviation, the NCAA, FAAN, NAMA, and the Akwa Ibom State Government, for their consistent support.

“We also thank our highly valued customers for your continued loyalty and assure you that Ibom Air is now better prepared than ever, to continue to deliver the trademark services you have come to rely on us for schedule reliability, on-time departures, and excellent service!

“As our destination footprint expands, we look forward to welcoming more and more passengers onboard our flights,” the airline stated.

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Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.