- Air Peace to Resume West Coast Flights, Plans Expansion
Air Peace has pledged to end the air travel woes of most underserved destinations in Nigeria and the West Coast of Africa by offering the flying public an alternative on some key international routes this year.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Mr. Allen Onyema, was quoted to have said this at the airline’s end-of-year management session held on December 27 to review the airline’s flight operations in 2017.
Onyema said the airline contributed to the growth of the aviation industry and gave air travellers hope in the period under review.
He added that he was satisfied that Air Peace was able to expand its fleet to 24 aircraft despite the economic downturn, saying that the airline owed its success in the three years of its existence to the unflinching support of the flying public and the quality leadership of its management team.
“Air Peace will remain grateful to its customers for their patronage over the years,” he said.
He also urged the flying public to continue to trust the carrier’s services, adding that the airline would strive to sustain its uncompromising approach to safety and ensure prioritisation of the comfort of its customers and job creation.
“We still have a lot of ground to cover in our vision to transform air travel experience in Nigeria, the West Coast of Africa and the Dubai, Guangzhou-China, London, Houston, Mumbai and Johannesburg routes,” he said.
Onyema also charged the carrier’s management to brace for the challenge of implementing the airline’s plan to deepen air connectivity on many routes in the northern part of the country including Kano and Yola, and other domestic routes.
He regretted that industrial unrest by Air Traffic Control in Senegal compelled Air Peace to suspend the inauguration of its Freetown, Banjul and Dakar routes planned for December 15, 2017, and promised that the carrier would soon announce a new date for the launch of the three suspended West Coast routes.
