Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has operated a direct, nonstop flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos to the Island country of Jamaica on December 21, 2020.
The airline deployed one of its three Boeing 777 aircraft with registration number 5N-BVE for the historic 11 hour flight, which departed at 17:000hrs with 132 passengers on board the arrived Montego Bay, Jamaica. The return flight will take off from Montego Bay again on December 27, 2020 and arrive Nigeria the next day.
Speaking to newsmen on the historic flight between Nigeria and Jamaica, Spokesperson of Air Peace, Stanley Olisa stated that it was a special charter flight and was the airline’s maiden flight to the Island country.
Olisa said the flight further accentuates the airline’s capability to operate flights to any destination in the world, adding that “Air Peace has the aircraft and the requisite manpower to do this”.
Air Peace has operated international flights to many destinations among which are; China, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Israel, United Kingdom, Thailand, Indonesia and recently launched scheduled direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa, providing respite to travelers on the Lagos-Joburg-Lagos route and connecting the two leading African economies at affordable fares.
