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
- Author
- Jon Howell
- Published
- Sun 14 Nov 2021
- Episode Link
- https://aviadevinsight.libsyn.com/episode-186-nuno-pereira-ceo-bestfly-and-sameer-adam-senior-vice-president-acia-aero-leasing-new-aircraft-means-new-opportunities-for-one-of-africas-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
