How Ibom Air is redefining domestic travel in Nigeria

Ibom Air’s meteoric rise is putting paid to the popular assertion that the government has no business in business. Launched on June 7, 2019, with a single Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, Ibom Air, owned by the Akwa-Ibom state government, entered Nigeria’s challenging aviation landscape amid skepticism. Many doubted whether the initiative—spearheaded by then-Governor Udom Emmanuel—could outlast his administration or avoid the fate of other state-run ventures mired in inefficiency. But six years later, Ibom Air has not only survived; it has soa