Episode 186. Nuno Pereira, CEO, Bestfly and Sameer Adam, Senior Vice President, ACIA Aero Leasing. New aircraft means new opportunities for one of Africa's most diversified and resilient aviation companies

This episode was recorded at the Dubai Airshow with Nuno Pereira CEO of Bestfly, an Angolan-based aviation company with operations in Cabo Verde, Angola and Aruba. I was also joined by Sameer Adam, Senior Vice President Commercial, ACIA Aero Leasing (“ACIA”), a leading provider of regional aircraft leasing and lease management services. 

The companies agreed to the lease of two aircraft, one Embraer E-190 and one ATR 72-600, which are joining the other two ATR72-600s on lease from ACIA in the carrier’s fleet. ACIA and Bestfly also agreed to further expand the E-190 lease portfolio in 2022.

Together we discussed the planned deployment of the new aircraft and longer-term plans for diversification

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