Air Peace has taken delivery of their first E195-E2 aircraft, with a further 12 on order.
The delivery makes a double first for Air Peace, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline; Air Peace becomes the launch customer in Africa for the E2, and the global launch customer for Embraer’s premium staggered seating design, which won the 2015 Crystal Cabin Award for Industrial Design and Visionary Concepts.
The aircraft are configured in a comfortable dual class arrangement with 124 seats.
Developed in partnership with UK design firm Priestmangoode. In First Class, the new staggered individual seat option provides 50 inches or more of leg room without compromising total seat count. This configuration introduces a higher standard of comfort and space on a single-aisle jet that is traditionally found only on much larger airplanes.
In Economy Class, the E2s retain the advantages of two seats on each side of the aisle for greater passenger comfort faster boarding and deplaning. The 18.3-inch wide slim-type seats – among the widest in the industry – provide more leg room for passengers.
The Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, said: “The E195-E2 is the perfect aircraft to expand our domestic and regional operations. We are aware of the aircraft’s impressive economic performance as well as its unique configuration, the major reasons we placed an order for this aircraft. It is also a historic feat as Air Peace will be the first to operate this aircraft model in the whole of Africa. The E195-E2 aircraft will further help us actualise our ambition of connecting not just the whole of Nigeria, but the entire African continent, while feeding long-haul flights from our Lagos hub. The acquisition will enable us to deliver on our ‘no-city-left-behind’ initiative, which is underpinned by our goal to reduce the air transportation burden of Africans”.
