Allen Onyema Staring job recourses for 8,000 Nigerians pursuing the birth of the introductory Embraer E195-E2

By Abdul Rahman Bangura–

Photo Credit: Flight Global

NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS (NABN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Pronouncing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on January 28th, 2021 Onyema announced, he requested for thirty new aircraft, which include thirteen firm orders and seventeen purchase right orders, coming second to Lufthansa globally,
which ordered thirty-five.

He let out, “We made the order for 30 aircraft. We made firm orders for 13; we have 17 others on purchase right meaning whenever we are ready to buy the other 17, we will get them at the same price we got the 13. We received one today and in two weeks, the next one will follow and continue in two-week intervals.”

Onyema noted, the new plane was profitable with limited expense and has the capability for taking 144 passengers for single cabin and 124 for double cabin. He similarly implored the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, to ascertain Maintenance, Overhaul and Repair facility in Nigeria.

Talking on the career chances, he announced, the delivery of the first set of 13 planes would establish about 8,000 jobs. Onyema thanked the President Muhammadu Buhari for making the delivery of the ordered plane possible. Onyema noted, the airline would not pay Value Added Tax and Customs duties on the new planes, characterizing it as big economic solace.

Minister of Aviation – Hadi Sirika, who applauded the airline stated, it was a stride in the right direction. He noted, “This is a step in the right direction. The essence of the government is to support businesses which will contribute to our Gross Domestic Product. If you do it right, you will get it right.”

Sirika perseverate on the Single African Air Transport Market – a flagship project of the African Union Age perseverates boost the liberalization of civil aviation. He commissioned Nigeria air operators to key into it. He furthermore notified new entrants to strive guidance before they embark into the sector.

Talking on the aircraft type, the President/CEO, Commercial Business Aviation, Embraer, Arjan Meija, noted, The E195-E2 indexed Profit Hunter aircraft will help Air Peace accomplish its intention of relating not just all of Nigeria, but the whole of the African landmass while educating along the -haul flights from their Lagos hub.

“Air Peace is also the first airline to configure a premium cabin with our staggered seat option. Each of the 12 Business Class seats is slightly offset from the other to give more space and privacy. There are three rows of seats arranged two-by-two at the 51-inch pitch at the 124 seater aircraft. Passengers by the windows have unobstructed access to the aisle; they don’t need to awkwardly step over their seatmates or ask them to move.”

Meija yet stated, there are vast aloft compartments on both flanks of the aircraft, which is varied from other formats that have a slender trunk along one side of the bounty cottage that shifts to a larger crate at the onset of the frugality bungalow.

The Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria – Ricardo de Araujo, noted the deed of Air Peace was an extraordinary accomplishment for Nigeria and Africa, as Air Peace was the blastoff client of the aircraft prototype in Africa.

For New Africa Business News (NABN) Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports,  Africa Correspondent