“Air Peace has prepared its aircraft, Boeing 777, for the flight since Tuesday, but the Nigerian High Commission needed time to register the Nigerians billed to travel.” Nigeria
The planned airlift of Nigerians in South Africa scheduled for Friday, September 6, has been delayed till next Monday or Tuesday.
The Guardian learnt that the shift in date is due to the need to get valid travel documents for the already pencilled passengers. “Air Peace has prepared its aircraft, Boeing 777, for the flight since Tuesday, but the Nigerian High Commission needed time to register the Nigerians billed to travel. They are already doing that in Johannesburg and Pretoria,” an airline source said.willing to leave the country over the persistent xenophobic attack in South Africa.
According to him, the development is made possible by the Proprietor of Air Peace Airlines, Chief Allen Onyema, who has volunteered to send an aircraft each daily from Friday, to evacuate Nigerians who may wish to return to Nigeria, free of charge.
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