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NEWS DIGITAL

AIR PEACE TO COMMENCE

COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS INTO

JOHANNESBURG

By Lawani Mikairu

country before the year runs is driven by the airline’s while also creating more
out”. ‘no-city-left-behind’ initiative, employment opportunities for
Air Peace airline has He also said that South Africa ” an ambition to interconnect Nigerians”, he said.
announced that it will is one of the destinations various cities through the Air Peace, in a historic feat,
be commencing regular which the federal government provision of safe, comfortable, had kicked off international
and cost-effective flights”.
commercial flight operations had designated Air Peace flight operations with United
Re-iterating the commitment
from its Lagos hub into the to operate into, adding that of the airline to continuously Arab Emirates in July 2019
and has consistently shown
city of Johannesburg, South Lagos-Johannesburg-Lagos will add more connections to its vibrancy and reliability by
Africa, soon, in keeping with be operated thrice a week. route network, he noted that operating several evacuation
its vision to provide seamless Olisa said that ”South Africa apart from South Africa, Air flights to and from China,
connectivity across cities. has always been on the radar Peace has also been designated United Kingdom, Malaysia,
Commenting on the develop- of Air Peace ” as the airline to operate commercial flights Thailand, Indonesia, Israel,
ment, Air Peace spokesperson is constantly reviewing its into Mumbai, London, India and Turkey during the
Stanley Olisa said the airline route network and looking at Guangzhou-China, Houston, COVID-19 lockdown as well as
” has made huge progress strategic ways of expanding with other destinations still in the free airlift of 503 Nigerians
in meeting the stipulated it to provide immense value the works. from South Africa amidst the
requirements of the aviation to Nigerians first, and other “We shall continue to xenophobic onslaught last
authorities in both South Africa Africans. strategically increase existing year..Q
and Nigeria to enable it launch He added that this focused connections to give our cus- Read more at: https://www.
flight operations into the route planning and expansion tomers more network options vanguardngr.com/2020/10/

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