Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has announced that it will extend its schedule availability for the Lagos-London route until March 2025.
The airline commenced the Lagos-London route on March 30, 2024, and has gained popularity among business and leisure travelers.
Air Peace said:
According to the airline, the availability aims to provide more options and convenience, which stresses the company’s commitment to delivering excellent service.
The development comes after Gatwick Airport said it did not discriminate against the Nigerian airline in allotting slots for peak periods, including October to December.
Air Peace Chairman Allen Onyema alleged that the airline had not begun selling tickets for those periods because the Gatwick Airport had not started selling Lagos to London tickets for those dates, and the airport authorities were delaying granting the airline slots to operate in those periods.
According to a BusinessDay report, Gatwick Airport denied the airline’s chairman’s allegation, saying that it has not allocated slots to any airline for those dates.
The announcement by Air Peace allows Nigerian passengers to connect to London from all Air Peace domestic destinations and London passengers to connect to various locations in Nigeria through Lagos.
Air Peace is a leading Nigerian airline with a network of 21 domestic routes, 10 regional routes, and seven international destinations.
The development comes after the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) has written to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), saying that Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has allegedly violated some aviation safety regulations.
Two compulsory outcome reports on Air Peace have been reportedly sent to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority.
According to reports, the UK regulator, the UK CAA, forwarded the complaints to the NCAA.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace, has denied reports that it abandoned its passengers at Gatwick Airport, London, and shut the counters before closing time because the aircraft was overbooked on its first flight from London to Lagos on April 8, 2024.
The airline said in a statement that a video on social media that claims it abandoned passengers is a plot to tarnish its image, describing the allegations as untrue.
According to reports, the airline said the disgruntled passenger arrived late after the check-in phase had already concluded, and the counter was closed as departure was scheduled for 11:10 a.m., not noon, as alleged.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
