Yemisi Izuora
Air Peace will soon begin flight operations to Mumbai, India in March 2020.
This is just as the airline has also concluded arrangements to commence flight operations to Tel Aviv in Israel, by taking advantage of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA between the two countries which has been dormant for some time now.
This was disclosed by the managing director of Air Peace Limited, Mr. Allen Onyema over the weekend during a media parley with aviation correspondents in Lagos to commend journalists for their support to the airline and other domestic airlines in the country.
Air Peace boss said Airlines like Aero Contractors should be supported on its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, MRO facilities by other airlines so that it can graduate from C-checks to D-checks and by so doing other countries will begin to patronise its MRO.
He said the support to domestic airlines have become imperatives considering the huge direct and indirect jobs such entities are creating in the country.
He said airlines like Air Peace, Arik Air and others should be commended for their ability to touch lives, reduce unemployment and crimes.
Onyema while thanking the Journalists for reducing the high level of over sensationalism of air returns, urged them to join hands to fight the international stigmatisation of Nigeria as a bad country abroad.
Let us not join other people to stigmatise our country, is not good for the image of our country, Onyema urged the media.
He observed that today, Nigerian airlines cannot get dry lease on aircraft because of international stigmatisation of the country.
Onyema who said though there are some bad eggs everywhere, warned that the blanket categorisation of the country is not good.
He noted that the over reporting of air returns in the country has drastically reduced.
Onyema thanked the federal government for designating Air Peace on the international routes and also for helping to address the issue of multiple designation giving to foreign airlines in the country.
He lauded the the minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika for addressing the issue.
Air Peace boss also commended the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Shimon Ben-Shoshan for his role in making the flight to Israel possible.
He said Air Peace is waxing stronger on the Sharjah Dubai route with affordable fares for Nigerians.
In his words, ” eight months on the Dubai route, Air Peace is still waxing stronger and charging low fares which can afford Nigerians the opportunity to travel to Dubai without breaking the banks”.
He assured Nigerians that the airline will also drive the price down when it commence flight operation on the London route.
