Presidency Tinubu obtains corporate A330-200 aircraft to replace BBJ

Nigeria’s president has travelled to France on an Airbus A330-200 business jet which the country has acquired to upgrade its government transport.

President Bola Tinubu flew from Abuja to Nice on 19 August on board the aircraft.

The A330 – a Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered airframe, registered 5N-FGA – was originally delivered in 2009 to Saudi Arabian company Mid East Jet.

Special adviser to Tinubu Bayo Onanuga says the A330 has been acquired “far below the market price”, features modern avionics and communications systems, and will save on maintenance and fuel costs.

Onanuga says Nigerian parliamentary committees had recommended replacing the BBJ1 (5N-FGT) which was handed over to the government in 2005, during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.