The Nation Newspaper We are working on Abuja-London, Houston, New York routes — Air Peace CEO
Air Peace Airlines’ Chief Executive Officer Allen Onyema has announced the airline is prepared to start flights to New York and Houston by the end of 2024 and also offer flights from Abuja to London.Onyema said Air Peace is prepared to take on more flights, adding that seven flights were going into Gatwick Airport from Nigeria daily.
“Like, we are planning to hit New York or Houston towards the end of the year, because we are bringing in more 777s. As I speak to you, my staff, they’re in California, the engineering technical services department;“…they’re in California inspecting some three 777s we want to acquire, we want to buy. So, if we could get them in the next two or three months, then of course, we are good to go anywhere.
He said: “You suffer what I call both internal and external conspiracies. It took us seven years. We got the designation I think about six and a half years ago to go into London. Since then, it has been Cat-and-Mouse game.
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