West and Central African largest airline, Air Peace has started non- Stop schedule flight operations between Nigeria and China.
The inaugural flight took off at the Terminal Two, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday.
In her speech at the ceremony attended by officials of the airline, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Chinese Embassy in Lagos, the Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace, Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide said the flight
is a realisation of the vision of the airline to create massive employment for Nigerians and providing seamless connections and expanding existing network to accommodate the evolving air travel needs of the flying public.
According to her, “When we set out for the Air Peace trajectory in 2014, we envisaged an airline that would predominantly do two things: create massive employment for Nigerians and reduce the burden of air travel for Nigerians, and by extension, Africans, through the provision of affordable and peaceful connectivity across cities and continents.
“Now, we can confidently assert that Air Peace has kept to this vision of providing seamless connections and expanding existing network to accommodate the evolving air travel needs of the flying public.”
Olajide added, “we’re officially adding the continent of Asia to our network of continents, with the commencement of initial one-weekly flight to Guangzhou-China.”
The Air Peace COO who said that Chinese Airspace is not new to the airline, recalled that the airline had successfully operated evacuation/ special flights to the Asia country.
“If you’ve been following the growth of Air Peace, you’ll be familiar with the fact that the Chinese airspace is not new to us, as we’ve successfully operated several evacuation/special flights to the country at different times in the past, especially in 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown.”
She therefore insisted that Air Peace is going to the Airspace not as a stranger but as an airline that has technical and operational expertise on the route.
“So, we’re going into China, not as newcomers, but as an airline that is technically and operationally acclimatised with the Chinese terrain.
She therefore assured fliers on the route of best in class flight experience as they make Air Peace their preferred flights.
“The flying public, especially those that fly the Guangzhou route, should expect best-in-class flight experience, which is characteristic of the Air Peace brand.
Olajide also used the opportunity to inform the public of the plans by the airline to spread its wings to India, Israel Equitirial Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo as the airline continues to grow its route network and modernize its fleet.
“We’re not stopping with Guangzhou- India is next and Israel is in the works. Also planned for subsequent launch are Malabo in Equatorial Guinea and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We will continue to grow our route network as well as modernise our fleet strategically”.
Air Peace currently boasts of a network of twenty domestic routes, seven regional routes and two international destinations, including Dubai and Johannesburg.
