Leading indigenous flag carrier, Air Peace, has said it is ready to open the West Coast and London operations. The airline said the new routes were motivated by the arrival of the third brand new Embraer 195-E2 jet into its fleet.
Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, said the feat would not have been possible without President Muhammadu Buhari’s support for the industry and Hadi Sirika’s push for local operators to buy new aeroplanes. Onyema noted that the Federal Government had allotted about 26 destinations to Air Peace, some of which will become operational with the arrival of more new equipment. He added that Air Peace will soon be connecting Duala, Senegal, Congo and the West Coast.
“We are still processing documents for the London route. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will help us push further. We have also applied for China and India too. We have already had seven flights to China and 22 to India already. All of these are markets waiting for Air Peace,” Onyema said. The medium-range equipment is the third of 13 expected from Embraer in Brazil, with another 17 likely to follow the firm order. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, had described the arrival of the brand new aircraft as a milestone and a paradigm shift for the industry.
