Nigeria’s Xejet to debut scheduled commerce-class flights -aviation

Xejet (4U, Lagos) has expanded its commerce scope with the addition of scheduled operations to its air operator’s certificates (AOC) and plans to provide all-commerce-class flights the usage of 24-seater CRJ200s.

CEO Emmanuel Iza informed ch-aviation that the initial thought is for day after day commerce lag flights between Lagos and Abuja. The open date has now not but been finalised.

“We’re working to finalise dates; we will know in the next few days,” he acknowledged. “The long-term plan is to connect Lagos with Kano, Abuja, and Port Harcourt,” he added.

Xejet for the time being operates two 24-seater all-commerce class CRJ200s – 5N-XEJ (msn 7915) and 5N-XEL (msn 7975) – which Iza acknowledged are fully owned by the firm. According to ch-aviation study, the provider is for the time being negotiating with Regional One to aquire an further CRJ200ER, msn 7931, to be registered in Nigeria as 5N-XEK and be half of the quick towards the top of October.

The commerce specialist secured an AOC for non-scheduled charter operations in 2022. The comfort of the quick comprises three E145s, with any other of the latter form due, in accordance to ch-aviation fleets data.