Following the concern generated by the crash of Boeing 737 Max aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines which killed 157 people on Sunday, Nigerian carrier, Air Peace yesterday said it had not taken delivery of the aircraft it ordered five months ago.
It would be recalled that the airline had on September 2018 signed a $1.1bn deal with the American plane maker, Boeing, for the delivery of 10 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
There have been widespread safety concerns over the aircraft type following the Ethiopian airline crash that killed two Nigerians.
Air Peace, in a statement by its Corporate Communication Manager, Chris Iwarah, said though it placed a firm order for the aircraft, it was yet to take delivery of them, adding that “we are still at the design and configuration stage of the order”.
