Nation’s leading carrier, Air Peace, dispatched, two Boeing B777 aircraft, 5N-BWI and 5N-BE at the weekend to airlift Indians, Malaysians and Singaporeans from Nigeria and returned to the country with over 300 Nigerians citizens from different countries in Asia. Among the evacuees airlifted from Nigeria include about 250 Indians in one of the many evacuation […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said it will investigate the alleged violation of the ban on international flight services by Emirates’ Airlines. The Dubai-based mega carrier has allegedly been operating scheduled flights from Nigeria, claiming the flights were evacuation flights. The airline is said to be planning to operate scheduled flights on July […]
The Nigerian evacuees, who were stranded for weeks in India due to COVID-19 lockdown, have expressed their gratitude to Air Peace for bringing them home. The evacuees in a letter titled, ‘Letter of Appreciation’ and addressed to the Chairman of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema, was sent to the airline care of the Nigerian High […]
The Aviation Safety Roundtable Initiative (ART), industry think tank, has condemned the cancellation of the planned evacuation of Nigerians by Air Peace, as Canada refused to give the indigenous carrier approval to operate into the north American country. ART in statement signed by its spokesman, Olu Ohunayo, said, “ART hereby registers its displeasure at the […]
*Woman Delivers in Flight The federal government has recorded its first evacuation of Nigerian citizens abroad with the airlift of 262 of the country’s nationals from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. The flight which left Dubai for Lagos at about 10:00 am Nigerian time after all the passengers were tested and found to be coronavirus […]
