Tag: Air Peace

Saudi Arabia cancels 264 Air Peace passengers’ visa on arrival

Aminu Imam

Saudi Arabia authorities have reportedly cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted by Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, upon arrival on their arrival to the country from Kano. According to reports, the authorities insisted that the airline should return them to Nigeria. It was gathered that the flight took-off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos via the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Sunday night, and arrived in Saudi Arabia’s major city, Jeddah, yesterday without issues. However, upon landing, the Saudi Arabian authorities announced that all the…

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“Stop turning my offer to evacuate Nigerians in Sudan into ethnic war” – Onyeama warns Igbos

Aminu Imam

Chief Executive of Air Peace, Allen Onyeama, has warned that his support to evacuate stranded Nigerians from war-torn Sudan should not be considered an ethnic matter. Onyeama, who disclosed this during a television programme yesterday, stated that his action was not a publicity stunt but instead borne out of the deep conviction to promote the unity of Nigeria. He, however, regretted that some Nigerians on social media had turned his gesture to ethnic warfare. The minister said the country’s unity is paramount to him, which should be true for all Nigerians.…

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Air Peace suspends flights to UAE over visa ban

Aminu Imam

Air Peace has suspended its flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) citing non-issuance of visas to Nigerian travellers. The airline said its decision follows persisting non-issuance of visas to Nigerian travellers by the UAE government and the accompanying inconveniences. Recall that last month, the UAE Immigration authorities stopped issuance of visas to Nigerians. This is also as all submitted applications have been rejected, while fees were not refunded. The UAE government and the Destination Management Companies (DMCs), which is licensed to issue electronic visas to the country, announced in…

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UAE bars all airlines from bringing Nigerians into its country

Aminu Imam

As the diplomatic row between the United Arab Emirates, (UAE), and Nigeria deepens, the UAE yesterday has barred all airlines from conveying Nigerian passengers to the country. Among these airlines are Egypt Air, Air France, KLM, Ethiopian Airlines, Rwanda Air and Etihad. It was reported yesterday that many Nigerian passengers who boarded Ethiopian Airlines heading for Dubai were sent off the plane. This happened hours after the restrictions imposed on Emirates by the Federal Government took effect. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), had withdrawn the winter…

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Air Peace debunks reported plane crash in Kwara

Aminu Imam

The management of Air Peace has denied online reports purporting that its Ilorin-bound B737-500 aircraft with registration number 5N-BQR from Abuja, was involved in a crash in Ilorin yesterday, calling it misleading. According to a press statement its management issued yesterday, said, “For the records, no such thing happened. The reports misrepresented and exaggerated the facts. We can confirm that the aircraft in question landed safely, but had a minimal tyre burst while taxiing. This debunks all the mischievously headlined reports circulating online, which should be disregarded”. It further said,…

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Air Peace announces new domestic routes

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s top carrier, Air Peace, has announced the launch of new domestic routes for its operations and resumption of suspended ones. In a statement issued on Monday, the airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Oluwatoyin Olajide, said the airline would be receiving all its aircraft on overseas maintenance in February, hence the decision to launch the new routes as well as re-activate suspended ones. According to her,“The new routes to be launched in February are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu; Enugu-Asaba-Enugu; PHC-Kano-PHC; PHC-Kaduna-PHC; Ilorin-Lagos-Ilorin; Ilorin-Abuja-Ilorin and Ibadan-Abuja-Ibadan”. ”The suspended routes to be resumed are Kano-Owerri-Kano; Kano-Asaba-Kano;…

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Why we sacked our pilots – Air Peace

Ishaku Yohanna

Air Peace provided reasons on Monday for laying off pilots and supporting staff. It said the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic on its operations were responsible for the sack of some pilots and supporting staff in the organisation. The airline sacked over 70 pilots across its fleet and reduced staff salaries by about 40 percent. However, the company said in a statement on Monday in Lagos that the management took the “very painful, but rightful decision” by disengaging the pilots. It said the decision followed the situatjon the airline found…

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UK denies Air Peace landing permit for evacuation of stranded Nigerians

Ishaku Yohanna

The British Government has refused to grant Diplomatic Landing Clearance to Air Peace Limited for the purpose of evacuating Nigerians, who are stranded in the United Kingdom. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye this Sunday. The statement explained that the flight which was earlier scheduled to depart on Monday, July 13 from London Heathrow has now been rescheduled to Tuesday July 14 from Gatwick Airport London. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, in series of tweets from his…

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