West and Central Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace, has taken delivery of its fifth Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, with reg number 5N-BYJ, which arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

The Spokesperson of Air Peace, Mr Stanley Olisa, told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that the new acquisition would further enable the airline to meet the growing air travel demands of Nigerians.

Olisa explained that this modernisation of fleet is to achieve the no-city-left-behind ambition of the airline.

The Spokesperson stressed that just about two weeks ago, the airline brought in two new Airbus 320s to boost domestic and regional connectivity.

He said that with this fifth Embraer 196-E2 aircraft, the airline has eight more from the 13 firm orders it made from the Brazilian aerospace conglomerate, Embraer, in 2019.

Olisa hinted that the remaining eight E195-E2s would be delivered by 2022.

“The airline plans to activate purchase rights for 17 of the same aircraft model once the initial 13 are delivered, totalling 30 ultra-modern airplanes.

“We are determined to give the flying public world-class flight experience and to achieve this, we decided to invest in state-of-the-art aircraft through strategic fleet expansion.

“Our fleet are increasingly becoming modern and it is all to help reduce the air travel burden of Nigerians,” he said.

Olisa assured Nigerians of adequate flights this festive period, asserting that a good number of aircraft would be returning from overseas maintenance.

He added that this would further increase the frequencies of specific routes and bolster overall operations.

Air Peace currently services 20 domestic routes, six regional routes and two international destinations. It operates an increasing modern fleet of 33 aircraft, including five E195-E2s and 2 Airbus 320s.