Air Peace To Expand To London And Six Other Countries

Air Peace Nigeria has announced plans to launch flight operations into seven countries in 2023.

The carrier listed the countries to include London, Israel, India, Congo Kinshasa, Togo and Malabo.

It also plans to increase flight frequencies to Accra, Monrovia, Freetown, Banjul and Dakar routes with more connections locally.

Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace, Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide said “the plan was a reaffirmation of its commitment to providing seamless domestic, regional and international connectivity to Nigerians and other Africans through strategic route expansion, increased network options and modern fleet expansion.”

Mrs Olajide described the airlines’ 55 million passengers mark in eight years as a giant stride and a testament to the steady growth trajectory of the airline.

She stated that Air Peace recorded a passenger load of 52,859 in its launch year, 2014, and the number increased to eight million in 2019, adding that in December 2022, the airline airlifted 14,103,018 passengers.

The passenger figures, as outlined in the release by the carrier puts the figures as: 2014 – 52,859;

2015 – 661,875;

2016 – 1,832,526;

2017 – 3,538,102;

2018 – 6,060,329;

2019 – 8,491,758;

2020 – 9,634,235;

2021 – 11,446,556;

2022 – 14,103,018.

Mrs Olajide said; “When we launched in 2014 with a record fleet of seven aircraft, we had a future-proof blueprint, driven by the vision to reduce the air travel burden of Nigerians through the provision of safe and world-class flight services.

“To achieve this, we strategically invested in the right kind of aircraft, factoring business sustainability and customer experience while also hiring and training the best technical manpower to drive the process.”

“Now, we have 38 aircraft and are still expecting eight brand new Embraer 195-E2s from our firm order in 2019 and additional 15 brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 and 10 Order, as we ramp up plans to strengthen our operations to serve our esteemed customers better. We are also expecting some of our aircraft undergoing maintenance overseas and by second quarter of this year, they will start returning.

“We are extremely grateful to our customers and other critical stakeholders for their support.

“We urge you to keep supporting Air Peace. We promise to further inter-connect more cities across Nigeria and beyond and improve in our service delivery,”Olajide explained.

PR/ Mercy Chukwudiebere