Air Peace has released its passenger figures for a period of eight years showing that the airline airlifted a total of 55,821,258 passengers between 2014 and 2022.
According to the statistics released on Tuesday, the airline ferried 52, 859 passengers in 2014 when it started operations, 661,875 in 2015; 2016, 1,832,526; 2017, 3,538,102; 2018, 6,060,329; 2019, 8,491,758; 2020, 9,634,235; 2021, 11,446,556; and 2022, 14,103,018.
Commenting on the performance, the chief operating officer of Air Peace, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide, said airlifting over 55 million passengers in just eight years “is a giant stride and a testament to the steady growth trajectory of the airline.
“When we launched in 2014 with a record fleet of seven aircraft, we had a future-proof blueprint, driven by the vision to reduce the air travel burden of Nigerians through the provision of safe and world-class flight services.
“To achieve this, we strategically invested in the right kind of aircraft, factoring business sustainability and customer experience while also hiring and training the best technical manpower to drive the process.
“Now, we have 38 aircraft and are still expecting 8 brand new Embraer 195-E2s from our firm order in 2019 and additional 15 brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 and 10 Order, as we ramp up plans to strengthen our operations to serve our esteemed customers better. We are also expecting some of our aircraft undergoing maintenance overseas and by second quarter this year, they will start returning.
“We are extremely grateful to our customers and other critical stakeholders for their support and urge them to keep supporting Air Peace. We promise to further inter-connect more cities across Nigeria and beyond and improve in our service delivery”, Olajide asserted.
Olajide also announced that the airline was planning to launch London, Israel, India, Congo Kinshasa, Togo and Malabo operations in 2023.
Besides, she said more frequencies will be added to Accra, Monrovia, Freetown, Banjul and Dakar routes with more connections introduced locally.
She also reaffirmed the carrier’s commitment to providing seamless domestic, regional and international connectivity to Nigerians and other Africans through strategic route expansion, increased network options and modern fleet expansion.
At the moment, the airline has a network of 20 domestic routes, seven regional routes and three international destinations.
It has a mixed fleet of aircraft comprising Boeing 777, Boeing 737, Embraer 195-E2, Airbus 320, ERJ 145 and Dornier 328 Jet.
