Leading Nigeria’s local carrier, Air Peace Airlines Limited, has taken delivery of a Boeing 777-300 aircraft as part of its preparedness to deepen rising uptakes of international routes beginning with West and Central African and other international destinations.
Business Hilights gathered that the new aircraft, a 320-seater Boeing 777-300 christened “Ojochide” and marked 5N-BUU, touched down the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 1.37p.m. to a traditional water salute by fire fighters from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
The arrival of the aircraft considered as one of the biggest and most complex machines in aviation industry, makes Air Peace the first Nigerian airline to birth two of the wide-bodies Boeing 777 (better called triple seven) aircraft series in the country.
Recall that the airline had also set the record early February 2018 when it became the first Nigeria airline to bring in the slightly smaller Boeing 777-200 aircraft series into the country. But unlike the Boeing 777-200 aircraft flown into Nigeria by expatriate pilots, the arrival of the Boeing 777-300 aircraft was greeted with more fanfare by aviation industry professionals as the aircraft was this time flown into the country by two Nigerian pilots – Captain Victor Egonu (who was the Pilot-in-Command) and First Officer Emmanuel Iwhiwhu (who was the co-pilot).
