Air Peace has confirmed a major restructuring of its regional operations, announcing a full transition to daytime flights across its West African network, effective 02 February 2026. The decision marks a strategic departure from night-time regional services and reflects the airline’s broader ambition to enhance passenger experience, operational efficiency, and seamless regional connectivity from Lagos.
The move to daytime flights is designed to better align regional departures and arrivals with onward domestic, regional, and long-haul services, particularly from Lagos, which remains the airline’s primary hub. According to the carrier, the revised operating model will improve schedule predictability while offering travellers more convenient departure windows suited to business, government, and leisure travel.
Why Air Peace is prioritising daytime flights
By shifting its regional services to daytime flights, Air Peace aims to address long-standing passenger concerns associated with late-night operations, including fatigue, limited ground connectivity, and constrained airport services at night. Meanwhile, the airline believes daytime operations will strengthen on-time performance, reduce weather-related disruptions, and allow for more efficient aircraft utilisation across its growing network.
In addition, daytime flights improve interline and self-connect opportunities, enabling passengers arriving from regional points to connect more easily to evening long-haul departures. This strategic alignment reinforces Lagos’ role as a competitive West African transit hub.
Regional schedule structured around daylight connectivity
Under the revised daytime flights programme, the Lagos-Abidjan-Dakar-Banjul rotation will operate every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The aircraft will depart Lagos early in the morning, arriving in Abidjan shortly after sunrise before continuing to Dakar and Banjul through a carefully sequenced daytime rotation. The return journey follows the same daylight pattern, ensuring the aircraft arrives back in Lagos in the evening, well positioned for overnight maintenance and next-day deployment.
On alternate days, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Air Peace will operate a second regional circuit linking Lagos with Accra, Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, and Freetown. These daytime flights are timed to allow smooth ground handling at each station while ensuring passengers benefit from predictable arrival times during standard airport operating hours. The aircraft returns to Lagos before nightfall, maintaining consistency across the network.
In addition to these multi-sector services, Air Peace will maintain daily daytime flights between Lagos and Accra. These services are complemented by additional evening frequencies on selected days, offering flexibility while preserving the airline’s broader daylight-focused operating philosophy.
Passenger and regional advantages of daytime flights
The transition to daytime flights is expected to significantly enhance passenger comfort, particularly on multi-leg regional journeys. Travellers will benefit from reduced fatigue, clearer arrival schedules, and improved access to airport services on arrival. Furthermore, daytime operations typically experience fewer slot constraints and ground delays, supporting improved punctuality.
For the wider region, the daytime flights strategy strengthens economic and institutional connectivity across West and Central Africa. Business travellers, diplomats, and development partners are expected to benefit from schedules that support same-day meetings and onward travel.
Strengthening competitive position and future expansion
Industry analysts note that the shift to daytime flights gives Air Peace a competitive edge over regional and international carriers still reliant on night-time operations. By optimising daylight connectivity, the airline positions itself as a reliable enabler of intra-African trade, tourism, and mobility.
Looking ahead, Air Peace has confirmed plans to introduce additional regional destinations before the end of the first quarter of operations under the new model. Proposed routes include Douala, Libreville, Kinshasa, Conakry, Bamako, and Johannesburg, further expanding its Africa-to-Africa footprint.
Bookings for the new daytime flights are now open through authorised travel agents, the airline’s website, and approved sales channels. Air Peace reaffirmed its commitment to safe, reliable, and competitive air transport while supporting Nigeria’s emergence as a leading aviation hub on the continent.
