Air Peace yesterday operated its debut London-Abuja flight airlifting 327 Nigerians from Heathrow Airport.
Spokesman for the airline, Mr. Stanley Olisa said in a statement that a Boeing 777, marked 5N-BWI, departed Heathrow Airport London earlier on Sunday and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport that same day.
After disembarking some passengers in Abuja, the aircraft proceeded to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Olisa expressed gratitude to the federal government, especially the Nigerian High Commission in London, for choosing Air Peace to conduct the flight.
He added that the flight was significant to the airline as it gave it an opportunity to further show its capability for long-haul flights.
“We’re delighted to have operated this flight. It unmistakably shows that Air Peace can fly to anywhere in the world, given the required support of the government,” he said.
It would be recalled that since March when the federal government banned flight operations across the country to lessen the spread of COVID-19, Air Peace has been operating series of ‘special flights’ to and from different countries, including China, Turkey, India, Israel and South Africa.
