Nigerian Flight Deck Travel and Business Reportage
AIR PEACE has dispatched two B777 aircraft, 5N-BWI and 5N-BVE, to Malaysia and India, airlifting citizens of both countries and Singaporeans from Nigeria and has further returned to the country with over 300 Nigerians from different countries in Asia.
The airline had airlifted 250 Indians from Nigeria in one of the many evacuation flights done by the Nigerian carrier to the world’s second most populated country on July 10, 2020.
Both flights according to Air Peace, returned safely to Abuja and Lagos Saturday night, evacuating over 300 stranded Nigerians from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia in one flight, while the second flight brought in some stranded Nigerians in India and over 200 Indians working in Nigeria.
The airline also explained that the stranded Nigerians from Malaysia and Thailand who had lost hope of being evacuated, commended Air Peace for coming to their rescue at an affordable fare, noting that no airline in the world outside that owned by Nigerians would have airlifted them at that fare.
The excited passengers were full of praises for the airline and the federal government of Nigeria for its support.
Chief Operating Officer of the airline, Mrs. Toyin Olajide, when contacted, thanked the federal government of Nigeria for its support and assured that with such continued support, Air Peace, and indeed, other Nigerian carriers would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with other notable carriers in the world.
She also thanked the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama for the support they have given the airline and the succour they have given Nigerians living abroad by providing them the opportunity to return home.
She said the fact that foreign governments have started using Air Peace to evacuate their nationals is an evidence of what the airline can do and other Nigerians carriers subjected to the stringent regulatory conditions by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), adding that Air Peace is efficiently and effectively managed and could compete with another other carrier globally.
Olajide also disclosed that besides bringing Nigerians back from the UK, India, China, Turkey, Kenya, Uganda, etc, the airline has equally been contracted by governments of Israel, China, India and now Malaysia to evacuate their citizens.
