Ibom Air has acquired two more Bombardier CRJ 900s, which have arrived over the weekend.

The two airplanes are were bought and financed through a shareholder loan.

Ibom Air currently has nine aircraft in total, and that includes two Airbus A220-300s and seven CRJ 900s, due to this addition.

The Chief Executive Officer of Ibom Air, Mfon Udom stated: "Their addition will bring more capacity to Ibom Air’s service offerings, facilitating better connectivity and reliability for travellers.”

He continued, "We are delighted to welcome these two new CRJ 900 aircraft to our fleet

“Still, we are not resting because to become a serious scheduled carrier, we need to keep growing our fleet."

The airplanes were officially received by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno and other senior government officials.

Governor Eno, stated, “The addition of these two CRJ 900 next-generation aircraft is an assurance of our administration’s continuous support for Ibom Air and a strict adherence to our ARISE Agenda’s goal of strategic investment in sectors capable of stimulating economic growth and enhancing the status of our state among the assemblage of states in the federation.”