BEVERLY HILLS, December 18, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg on Thursday hosted a dinner to mark the inaugural commercial flight by Air Peace from Lagos to the South African city.
Air Peace had announced the commencement of regular flights between Lagos and Johannesburg in South Africa, recently.
The airline said it will operate two flights weekly between the two cities. Flights will depart Johannesburg for Lagos on Thursday and Sunday for the six-hour journey.
Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema in a brief ceremony at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, said that Nigeria airlines a of were capable of breaking barriers only if given the enabling environment to operate.
Onyema said Nigerians will now heave a sigh of relief as they now have a choice of direct flight to South Africa.
In Johannesburg where the inaugural flight was celebrated with a dinner, Ezenwa Nwaobiala, Consulate General of Nigeria, said the launch of the flights will deepen the relationship between Nigeria and South Africa.
He said that the venture will also strengthen the implementation of the bilateral agreement between both countries.
In her remarks, Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace, Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide pledged to work harmoniously with all the stakeholders to ensure the new route is successfully serviced.
The stakeholders are the South African Civil Aviation Authority, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the airport administrators and, of course, the governments of both countries.
According to her, the decision to extend to Johannesburg is consequent upon the airline’s vision to create affordable and safe air travel for Africans.
“Our commitment to excellence and determination to reduce the air travel burden of Africans by employing dynamics that are peculiar to the African people, has proudly earned us the title of the biggest airline in West and Central Africa.
“It is this same excellence and determination that we’re bringing to South Africans.
”The airline has recorded a lot of milestones in less than a decade and now services sixteen domestic routes, five regional routes and two international destinations, including the United Arab Emirates, which we launched in July 2019.
“I am pleased to also inform you that we have other international routes in the offing, such as Houston-U.S., Mumbai-India, Guangzhou-China and London”, she said.
A Board Member of Air Peace, Mohammed Danjuma commended Nigerians in South Africa for the warm welcome given to Air Peace inaugural flight.
He promised that the routes would be adequately explored.
According to Danjuma, the direct flights from Lagos to Johannesburg will reduce the stress of going round the world to get to South Africa.
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