One of the largest airlines of Nigeria and West Africa, Air Peace has commenced its Lagos-London flight services.
Expressing delight at the milestone and appreciating everyone who contributed to the success of the launch, the airline made known the development in a post via its X (formerly Twitter) page on Saturday, March 30,
The post reads: “London service has commenced and we’re delighted to have achieved yet another feat in our drive to continually provide peaceful connectivity across cities.“
“A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of this launch.“
Hours later, Air Peace’s first-ever comfortable Boeing 777 aircraft direct flight from Nigeria to the UK safely arrived at Gatwick Airport, London.
The London trip comes a month after the Nigerian flag carrier said it would commence direct flight operations from Lagos to Gatwick Airport in London.
Meanwhile, Air Peace secured a foreign carrier operator permit (FCOP) to fly into the Unitef Kingdom in November 2023 but could not kick off operations on the route due to challenges with slot allocation at the destination airport.
But Keyamo prior to this had engaged the UK government to actualise direct flights from Lagos to London and to facilitate a partnership between Air Peace and NORSE Atlantic Airways for the operations of the Lagos-London flights.
See the video of the aircraft landing at Gatwick airport below.
