Air Peace
Air Peace plans seven more international destinations in 2023
Indigenous carrier, Air Peace has announced plans to launch flight operations into seven countries in 2023. The airline currently operates only to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The carrier listed the countries to include London, Israel, India, Congo Kinshasa, Togo and Malabo.
This is also as the operator congratulated itself for achieving the 55 million-mar passenger haulage figure under its eight years of opeation, which it described as described ‘a giant stride and a testament to the steady growth trajectory of the airline.’
In addition, the airline further plans to increase flight frequencies to West African destinations of Accra, Monrovia, Freetown, Banjul and Dakar routes.
Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace, Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide said; “the plan was a reaffirmation of its commitment to providing seamless domestic, regional and international connectivity to Nigerians and other Africans through strategic route expansion, increased network options and modern fleet expansion.”
Olajide described the airline’s 55 million-passenger mark in eight years as a giant stride and a testament to the steady growth trajectory of the airline, further stating that Air Peace recorded a passenger load of 52,859 in its launch year, 2014, and the number increased to eight million in 2019, adding that in December 2022, the airline airlifted 14,103,018 passengers.
The passenger figures, as outlined in the release by the carrier puts the figures as: 2014 – 52,859; 2015 – 661,875; 2016 – 1,832,526; 2017 – 3,538,102; 2018 – 6,060,329; 2019 – 8,491,758; 2020 – 9,634,235; 2021 – 11,446,556; 2022 – 14,103,018.
“When we launched in 2014 with a record fleet of seven aircraft, we had a future-proof blueprint, driven by the vision to reduce the air travel burden of Nigerians through the provision of safe and world-class flight services.
“To achieve this, we strategically invested in the right kind of aircraft, factoring business sustainability and customer experience while also hiring and training the best technical manpower to drive the process.
“Now, we have 38 aircraft and are still expecting eight brand new Embraer 195-E2s from our firm order in 2019 and additional 15 brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 and 10 Order, as we ramp up plans to strengthen our operations to serve our esteemed customers better. We are also expecting some of our aircraft undergoing maintenance overseas and by second quarter of this year, they will start returning.
“We are extremely grateful to our customers and other critical stakeholders for their support.
“We urge you to keep supporting Air Peace. We promise to further inter-connect more cities across Nigeria and beyond and improve in our service delivery,” Olajide explained.
