Ibom Air @ 5: Gov Eno Salutes Airline’s Result-Oriented Effort, Strategic Moves

By Bassey Nkponam
UYO
As the State-owned and Nigeria’s famous airline – Ibom Air – clocks five in the aviation space, recording laudable milestones, the Akwa Ibom governor has congratulated the airline’s doggedness, result-oriented effort and strategic moves which has enabled it to conquer the market.
  Pastor Umo Eno gave the accolades recently in Uyo, during the 5th anniversary celebration of the airline, with the theme, “Celebrating the journey and the milestone”, and lauded the management and staff of Ibom Air for sustaining the momentum of operation and ensuring excellent service delivery for five uninterrupted years.
  Eno, who joined Akwa Ibom people and stakeholders in the aviation industry across the country to celebrate the airline at five, specially congratulated Ibom Air for scaling the hurdles and celebrating five years of excellence in the sky, redefining service delivery and winning awards across the sector, saying it has been a spectacular journey and it has helped put Akwa Ibom on the global map.
  He noted with delight, the laudable milestones recorded by the airline in its five years of existence, describing Ibom Air as Akwa Ibom’s pride.
  Also, Eno paid glowing tribute to his predecessor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, for conceiving the vision of the airline and audaciously pushing it through together with other laudable projects in the state to actualisation, expressing optimism that Akwa Ibomites, in future, will remember that a governor came and took some giant steps that launched the state on the path of industrialisation.
  The governor applauded the resolve and ingenuity of the managing director and chief executive officer of Ibom Air, Captain Mfon Udom, and his team for the continued expansion of the airline, maintaining high standards in its operations and making an indelible mark in service delivery in the aviation industry, and challenged them to do more to keep the state’s flag flying.
  “We want to congratulate you. We want to congratulate your doggedness. We want to congratulate your result-oriented effort and strategic moves. We want to congratulate you for conquering the market.”
  Describing as apt, the theme of the celebration, “Celebrating the journey and the milestone”, Eno made known plans of the state government to take delivery of another of the 10 A22 aircrafts that were purchased for the airline, while assuring that his administration will strive to ensure delivery of as many more as possible within its first term in office.
  The managing director and chief executive officer of Ibom Air, Captain Mfon Udom, said in his 50 years of operations in the aviation industry, the last five years, with Ibom Air, has been the most celebrated as the airline, which took off with a 5-man team, has grown to boast of a 656-man staff strength among several other economic value it has added to the state.
  Capt. Udom said with the Smart Terminal Building at the Victor Attah International Airport set for operation, Ibom Air intends to sustain and reciprocate the goodwill and support it has enjoyed from Akwa Ibom people and Nigerians in its first five foundational years with expansions to cover critical West and North African destinations, with ease of domestic and international flight interface.