Ken Okeke
Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace, on June 12, 2025, made a non-stop flight to the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The service, arranged for a Pan-African business conference in the Eastern Caribbean, carried delegations from Nigeria, thereby underscoring the airline’s growing trajectory and strategic foray into the global market.
The St. Kitts & Nevis flight is the airline’s third foray into the Caribbean in five years. On 21 December 21, 2020, the carrier operated an 11-hour flight from Lagos to Montego Bay, establishing the first nonstop link between Nigeria and Jamaica, and showcasing the long-range potential of Air Peace’s then-new triple-seven fleet.
On August 5, 2023, another Boeing 777 carried investors and carnival-goers from Lagos to V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua & Barbuda, earning Air Peace the distinction of being the first Nigerian airline to land in the twin-island state.
Now, with the June 12, 2025 service to St. Kitts & Nevis, the airline has completed a triad of firsts, establishing direct access to three key Caribbean territories.
The flight relied on one of Air Peace’s two B 777 aircraft, which also sustain the airline’s daily Lagos–London Gatwick schedule launched on March 30, 2024—another historic achievement for a private Nigerian carrier.
Chairman and CEO, Allen Onyema, has hinted that more long-haul aircraft are on the way. In April 2024, he said the airline was finalising acquisitions that will underpin the Abuja–London route, as well as planned services to Houston and New York.
The airline said that with the St. Kitts success logged, there is a resounding theme from Air Peace: “Nigeria to the world—no stops, no limits.”
It noted that the Abuja–St. Kitts flight is more than a one-off achievement; another proof-point in Air Peace’s steady bid to transform from a regional champion into a global contender, carried aloft on the wings of Africa’s most populous nation.