Ibom Air lifts 500,000 passengers by March 1

Akpan Umoh

The Ibom Air, an Akwa Ibom owned airline, on Monday said the airline on March 1, lifted its 500,000th passenger since commencement of operations on June 7, 2019.

This was contained in a statement by the Group Manager Marketing and Communication, Ibom Airlines Limited, Mrs Aniekan Essienette issued in Uyo and made available to newsmen on Monday.

Essienette said that the Chief Operating Officer, Mr George Uriesi, disclosed the airline milestone mark by the organisation.

She said that Ibom Air has quickly established a reputation for on-time performance and excellent service in the market.

“We are pleased to record this key milestone of 500,000 passengers.

“We are most thankful to our customers for believing in us and continuing to rely on our unique proposition of schedule reliability, on-time departures, and excellent service.

“As we continue to grow apace, we are determined to continue to deliver on our customers now very high expectations.

“It is the only domestic Airline in Nigeria that publishes its schedule reliability and on-time performance statistics monthly.

“The airline has consistently maintained above 90 per cent performance since inception. It operates daily flights between Uyo, Lagos, Abuja, Calabar and Enugu,” she said.

She regretted that the company would have clocked this number around November 2020, but for the three and a half months COVID-19 lockdown.

Essienette, however, declared that the milestone was an indication of steady customer uptake, and validation of services.