Eko Hot Blog reports that Air Peace Airline has announced the commencement of direct flights from Lagos and Kano to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from Oct. 31. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Ms Oluwatoyin Olajide, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. Editors Pick NDLEA, Civil Defense, Police Personnel Arrested For … Read more
Air Peace has announced its readiness to provide free evacuation for Nigerians who are stranded in Sudan. The chairman of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema made this known in a statement on Monday. According to Onyema, he felt obligated to extend aid because Nigeria cannot afford to lose its citizens in Sudan. EKO HOT BLOG … Read more
A court has stopped the FG’s plans to sell Nigeria Air’s shares to Ethiopian Airlines. Eko Hot Blog reports that a Federal High Court in Lagos State has temporarily stopped the Federal Government from selling the shares of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. EDITOR’S PICKS Poland Confirms ‘Russian-made Missile’ Killed Two Citizens As NATO Schedules … Read more
Domestic Airline operators will begin an indefinite strike from Monday over the aviation fuel crisis The cost of aviation fuel, also known as Jet A1, had risen from N190/litre and later N360/litre in January this year to N607/litre in March. The product now reportedly sells for N700/litre EDITOR’S PICK: JUST IN: Fuel Crisis May Spark … Read more
Airpeace chairman says Nigerian airline operators will shut down three days from now Airpeace Chairman, Allen Onyema, says the perennial fuel scarcity in Nigeria portends danger for the country’s aviation sector. Eko Hot Blog reports that Onyema said the deepening fuel crisis could cripple the operations of airline companies in Nigeria, leading to a complete shut down of … Read more
Over 5,000 Nigerians, the majority of whom are students studying in Ukraine have been caught up in the conflict The first and second batch of Nigerian evacuees, numbering 416 and 183 respectively, arrived in the country from Romania, aboard Max Air EKO HOT BLOG reports that the third batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine arrived … Read more
Over 5,000 Nigerians, majority of whom are students studying in Ukraine have been caught up in the conflict The first batch of Nigerian evacuees, numbering 416 arrived in the country from Romania, aboard Max Air earlier on Friday EKO HOT BLOG reports that the second batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine has arrived in Abuja. … Read more
Many Nigerians resident in Ukraine had fled the capital and other cities that have come under attack by Russian forces The flight from Poland was delayed on Thursday due to a delay in preparing passengers for the check-in process EKO HOT BLOG reports that some Nigerians who fled Ukraine amid a Russian invasion are expected … Read more
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace has announced its readiness to resume direct scheduled flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates on March 1. The airline’s spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Olisa said that the airline was also set to launch flight operations into Niamey, Niger, on Feb. … Read more
‘We never left Sharjah Airport’ — Air Peace denies UAE claim EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to Air Peace, assertions made by aviation officials in the United Arab Emirates about why the government refused its flight slots are false. In a letter to Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, on Saturday, Oluwatoyin Olajide, chief operating … Read more
Indigenous airline company, Air Peace are the official sponsor of the Nigerian national football teams after the company sealed a partnership with the Nigeria Football Federation. The contract worth N200million with separate Value-In-Kind in the worth of N100million was signed on Wednesday in Lagos. It is for one-year and renewable for four years. At the … Read more
It explained that the aircraft in question landed safely but had a minimal tyre burst while taxiing Air Peace has refuted reports purporting that an Ilorin bound B737-500 aircraft with registration number 5N-BQR from Abuja crashed. An incident involving the plane occurred at the Kwara capital around 10am on Friday, July 23. A statement on … Read more
Air Peace has approved a 100 percent increase in its workers’ salaries. EKO HOT BLOG reports that it was jubilation galore for workers of Air Peace as the airline approved salary increase ranging from 10 to 100 percent to different categories of its staff. The workers were thrown into a jubilation mood when they got … Read more
An Air Peace aircraft had been involved in an accident when it suffered a tyre burst while landing at the MMIA last week The management of Air Peace has disagreed with the Accident Investigation Bureau’s assessment of the serious incident involving its B737-300 aircraft with nationality and registration Marks 5N-BUQ. A spokesman for the AIB, … Read more
Air Peace, Flight Air Peace Airline on Thursday began commercial flights from Lagos to Johannesburg, South Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent on board reports that the Air Peace P47563 aircraft left Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 1.25a.m on Thursday to Johannesburg, South Africa. It arrived in Johannesburg at 8.23a.m local time. … Read more
Award Air Peace has clinched the Aviation Company of the Year Award at the prestigious Nigerian Business Leadership Awards (NBLA) 2020 organised by BusinessDay Newspaper. The airline’s Spokesman, Stanley Olisa, said in a statement in Lagos on Sunday that Air Peace won the award based on its reputation, Eko hot blog gathered. Olisa said the … Read more
The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to enforce the principle of reciprocity, stating that the move would reduce the stigmatisation of Nigerian airlines. Onyema said this in a commendation letter to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Friday in Lagos. Read Also: Major Nigeria Newspaper Headlines For … Read more
The federal government on Tuesday said indigenous airline company, Air Peace would recall some of the pilots it sacked. Air Peace had announced the sack of the pilots earlier in August as part of the company’s efforts to come with the economic fall out occassioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the National Association of Airline … Read more
Foremost indigenous airline Air Peace, on Sunday, reportedly sacked a substantial number of pilots in its employ as the company tries to adjust to the economic realities of the COVID-19 era. NewsWireNGR reports that the development is a precursor to a chain of event which initially started out with a remarkable dialogue between the management … Read more
A male passenger has died on an Air Peace Flight P47182 from Calabar to Abuja on Saturday. The 72 years old man had been on medication and was travelling to Abuja for a medical examination when the incident happened. “He became very sick mid-flight and upon arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Port Health … Read more