Chinedu Eze
Air Peace has announced the launch of new domestic routes and the resumption routes suspended previously.
The new routes to be launched in February 2021 are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu, Enugu-Asaba-Enugu, PHC-Kano-PHC, PHC-Kaduna-PHC, Ilorin-Lagos-Ilorin, Ilorin-Abuja-Ilorin and Ibadan-Abuja-Ibadan.
The suspended routes to be resumed are Kano-Owerri-Kano, Kano-Asaba-Kano, Lagos-Yola-Lagos and Abuja-Yola-Abuja.
The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Toyin Olajide, who revealed this in a statement, explained that the airline would be receiving all its aircraft on overseas maintenance in February, hence the decision to launch the new routes as well as reactivate suspended ones.
She added that the planned launch of the new routes was a testament of the airline’s commitment to meeting the air transportation needs of Nigerians, driving economic development and fostering unity among various parts of the country.
“As you know, most of our aircraft are on maintenance at different parts of the world but they are all returning in February, 2021. For us, it is great news as this means the launch of new routes and the resumption of routes suspended consequent upon the COVID-19 outbreak,” he said.
Olajide, emphasised that the new connections were also testament to Air Peace’s ‘no-city-left-behind’ initiative and its determination to provide an affordable access to safe and seamless connectivity across Nigeria and beyond, adding that the airline, ‘is constantly reviewing its route network to reflect the air travel needs of the flying public’.
Air Peace currently operates 16 domestic routes, five regional routes and two international destinations, one of which is South Africa, launched in December, 2020. The airline also boasts of a fleet size of 26 aircraft and is steadily expanding its fleet as it expects to take delivery of its first Embraer E195-E2 aircraft in January 2021.
