“Why we cannot compete with big international airlines is because we don’t have access to aircraft on the same terms as they have. People don’t know that the best airlines in the world run their fleet 100 per cent based on actual purchase of aircraft. Recent studies show that 70 per cent of the fleet across the world is on dry leases.”

On April 1, 2024, at exactly 9:20 PM, Mr Odugu Kenneth Kanayo, an X (formerly Twitter) user, through the platform, reached out to a domestic airline in Nigeria appealing for a N110,000 refund.

“We are doing seven daily flights into Gatwick. Nigeria has a balance of about fourteen to do. We are ready, if the government gives us Abuja-London, I will do it, because we are expecting more aircraft into the country purchased by Air Peace. If we get it, we will do it.”

Indications have emerged revealing that some domestic airlines may cease operations over the rising price of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1.

For the first time in seven years, a Nigerian airline has reactivated the famous Lagos to London route, bringing succour to Nigerians.