West African carrier introduces widebody capacity
Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national airline of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, has signed a firm order for two A330neo aircraft.
The agreement was announced at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse (France), in the presence of Amadou Koné, minister of transport of Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Loukou, CEO of Air Côte d’Ivoire, General Abdoulaye Coulibaly, president of Air Côte d’Ivoire Board and Philippe Mhun, Airbus executive vice president programmes and services.
The airline currently operates a fleet of six Airbus aircraft comprising one A320neo, two A320ceo and three A319. The new A330neo widebody aircraft will enable Air Côte d’Ivoire to grow its network and efficiently launch long haul routes in view of the airline’s transcontinental expansion strategy. The ordered A330-900 had a belly capacity of 33 ULD. (ah)