https://nairametrics.com/2020/02/14/green-africa-airways-is-set-to-take-ownership-of-50-airbus-jets/

Nigerian startup airline, Green Africa Airways, has ordered 50 A220s jets from Airbus. This has been described as the largest aircraft purchase by an African airline.

Recall that Nairametrics earlier reported that the deal was close to being finalised. Green Africa Airline hopes to begin commercial operations in Nigeria soon. It will compete with the likes of Medview and Air Peace which have dominated the Nigerian aviation market in the last few years.

The BBC quoted the company’s Founder, Babawande Afolabi, to have expressed excitement following the deal. He said:

“Together with Airbus, we are incredibly proud to announce the largest order ever for the A220 from the African continent.”

Green Africa Airways initially planned to acquire Boeing’s controversial 737 Max. The company announced the impending deal with Boeing in December 2018, months before a second deadly air mishap involving the Max model resulted in it being grounded.

The deal with Boeing was expected to cost about $11.7 billion. It was also supposed to be the largest aircraft agreement from Africa.

It has long been Afolabi’s long-held dream to build a “world-class airline” that will serve the Nigerian market, helping to “unlock a new realm of positive possibilities for millions of customers.”

Green Africa Airways received its Air Transport License from the Nigerian government some years ago. The startup is anchored by a group of senior industry leaders led by Tom Horton, former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines; William Shaw, Founder and former CEO of VivaColombia, and Virasb Vahidi, former CCO of American Airlines. According to reports, the airline’s strategy is to first develop the Nigerian market and then ‘build a strong Pan African network.’

In the meantime, Boeing’s 737 Max airplanes continue to be grounded.

https://www.reuters.com/article/singapore-airshow-airbus-orders/green-africa-airways-signs-initial-agreement-for-50-airbus-a220-300s-idUSFWN2AD0CY

https://www.wsj.com/articles/airbus-nears-deal-with-nigerias-green-africa-for-100-a220s-11581571923

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/02/airbus-and-green-africa-announce-strategic-partnership-with-mou-for-50-a220s.html




Mynd44,
Lalasticlala

Well, it's still wouldn't serve the poor.

Yesterday, a friend told me she was at one of these parks in Ibadan to board a bus to Abuja and they told her at the park that she should be patient for a day or two because the road is not good because passengers' safety cannot be guaranteed along the road.

So it is left for her to fly plane to Abuja..

There is insecurity in the land..

Very good if true

I'm believing Tinubu must have over 40% share in this transaction. Definitely

It's a welcome development...
BRAVO!!

This is great!!
The financial outlay is huge considering the size of Nigerian economy.
If this info is true, I think Nigeria is heading towards a path of greatness.

Oga take it easy. Tinubu is not everything in Yoruba land in terms of money and investment. There are hundreds of dollars billionaires in Yoruba land that are silence.
We are not always known for blowing self trumpet.
Our work speak for us.

I no dey enter....no be to order for 50 pieces..if na 10,make e be trusted 10 wey make sense...I no wan hear pilot say "hello everyone,I no understand how d plane dey do o".

afokenny:
Oga take it easy. Tinubu is not everything in Yoruba land in terms of money and investment. There are hundreds of dollars billionaires in Yoruba land that are silence.
We are not always known for blowing self trumpet.
Our work speak for us.

Not blowing trumpet !


U Know nothing about your tribe or what did u just do ? U blew what ?

PlayerMeji:
Well, it's still wouldn't serve the poor.

Stop glorifying poverty with this kind of talk, as if the 'poor' are the only ones that ought to be the primary beneficiaries of services in society. Even the so-called poor are striving to better themselves so enough of this kind of talk.

Some people are very loaded in this country. $11bn is no small money in any part of the world. Not every bank can cough up such amount

Oga, stop creating unnecessary derailment to the crux of the issue on ground.

My assertion is that as long as the people in government don't experience the same thing an average Joe experiences, they would forever be putting the cart before the horse.

Let me refresh your memory as early as 2014 when Ebola virus broke out in west Africa, the fact that the first case was by a Liberian man who flew in from Freetown to Lagos and knowing fully well that airplanes could be the biggest transmissional media. The Nigerian elites got to work to solve the problem because they know they are also vulnerable to the Ebola plague.

So what I m trying to say is as long as the roads that daily commute more than 80% of Nigerians everywhere are not safe, the government is still putting its cart before the horse.

Not a poor versus rich comfy comparison.

EcoBrick:


Stop glorifying poverty with this kind of talk, as if the 'poor' are the only ones that ought to be the primary beneficiaries of services in society. Even the so-called poor are striving to better themselves so enough of this kind of talk.

Could this be the fire behind Air Peace's smoke?
God punish devil's father.

Green Africa Airways will pose a serious challenge to Air Peace dominance.

We have started again...

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