Ibom Air to lease 2 A220s from EgyptAir

Following-up on our report of early April, we can now tell you that Ibom Air will lease its two A220-300s from EgyptAir. The first aircraft, SU-GFA (55061) has been spotted at Cairo wearing Ibom Air-titles and logo and is set to be delivered to Nigeria soon. The second aircraft is expected to be SU-GFD (55062).

Both A220s were placed with EgyptAir's subsidiary Air Sinai and were used to fly (all white) between Cairo and Tel Aviv. However, due to the Corona-pandemic, EgyptAir has too much capacity and decided to lease-out the pair while taking the Tel Aviv-route in-house.

Ibom Air is planning to use the duo to open its first international destinations in West-Africa and Gabon. It currently operates a fleet of five CRJ900LRs out of its base at Akwa Ibom Airport.

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