By Lawani Mikairu Industry stakeholders have frowned at the reports indicating that one of Nigeria’s major carriers has acquired brand new Airbus A2020, saying that such claim, which is false, is deceptive and should be discouraged by the regulatory authority, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).Reacting to the claim, the Chief Operating Officer of Air […]

By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace airline two brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft are currently operating test flights in preparation for deployment into service. Stanley Olisa, Spokesperson for the airline, who made this disclosure yesterday ( Friday ),  said that ” one of the aircraft was flown empty from Lagos to Owerri, Abuja and Port Harcourt […]

By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace airline Monday said it will commence flights to Ilorin from Lagos and Abuja. This is as the airline has also increased Accra flight frequency. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this today, said that the airline is set to “kick off daily Abuja-Ilorin-Abuja and Lagos-Ilorin-Lagos flights on June […]

…As Obiano, Allen Onyema, Anambra people celebrate Nigeria’s longest Runway The Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport in Umueri community, Anambra East local government area was, yesterday, inaugurated by the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano amidst pump and pageantry. People from all walks of life witnessed the epoch making event and even those who doubted […]

Since inception on October 24, 2014, Nigeria’s foremost airline Air Peace’s determination to ease Africans’ burden of travel by interconnecting various cities across the continent, has continued to intensify. With a varied fleet (Embraer, Boeing and Dornier) of 28 aircraft (with a firm order for 13 brand new Embraer 195-E2 Jets, 2 have been delivered), […]

….Yola service to resume soon By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace, Sunday said it would be launching scheduled commercial flights into Gombe from Abuja very soon, just as the airline also revealed plans to resume its Yola flight services. The Chief Operating Officer of the airline, Oluwatoyin Olajide, disclosed this in Lagos yesterday. Olajide said that […]

By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace airline Friday said its pilots, cabin crew and other customer-facing personnel of the airline , have started receiving the Covid-19 vaccine to help curtail the spread of the virus and give passengers more confidence to fly with the airline. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this information to […]

Air Peace airline today said in order to ensure sufficient flights to meet the travel needs of Nigerians during this Easter season, it has deployed one of its wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft to service the Enugu route.

By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace weekend reaffirmed the airline firm order of Boeing 737 Max, which recently was recertified to resume operation. This is just as the airline said it is gradually replacing it’s older planes with brand new aircraft comprising of Embraer and Boeing planes. Speaking at the delivery of its second brand new […]

By Lawani Mikairu Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria , AIB-N,  has retracted its earlier statement on Air Peace Boeing 737-300 with registration number 5N-BUQ, incident. The Bureau, on Thursday said the punctured tyre incident involving Air Peace aircraft did not happen when the plane landed. It said the incident happened when the aircraft was taxing to […]

By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace airline yesterday expressed disagreement with Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, statement that it has commenced investigation into ” burst tyre on landing ” incident  involving the airline aircraft at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Monday night. According to the airline management, the aircraft landed successful at the international wing […]

…As Judge recuses self from suit due to unprofessional conduct of customer’s counsel By Lawani Mikairu The Nigeria Police Force has sued a businesswoman Mrs. Nneka Ogbonna and preferred two-count charges of aircraft hijacking and flight disruption on an Air Peace flight scheduled to depart Lagos for Warri on December 10, 2019. According to the […]

Air Peace airline made history recently as the first airline to take delivery of one of the 13 brand new  E195-E2 aircraft ordered for in Africa. The aircraft flew from Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil and arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. READ ALSO: Abiodun orders investigation into herdsmen/farmers clash in […]

Air Peace airline yesterday said its Lagos-Sharjah flights are not affected by the new COVID-19 flight protocols introduced by the Dubai Airport’s Operations Control Centre, United Arab Emirates, UAE.

….to create 8,000 additional jobs By Lawani Mikairu Air Peace airline Thursday made history by becoming the first airline to add E195-E2 to their fleet in Africa when it took delivery of a brand new E195-E2 directly from Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil.  Yesterday’s delivery is the first of 13 of the […]