Tag: Air Peace
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Keyamo threatens to bar British Airways, Virgin Atlantic from Lagos, Abuja airports over Air Peace
The Nigerian minister of Aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has lodged a formal complaint to the UK secretary of state for transport, Louise Haigh, over Air Peace’s flight operations from the United Kingdom. Keyamo, in a letter dated August 1, 2024, and addressed to Haigh, warned that if Air Peace is not allocated a…
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Air Peace extends Lagos-London route availability
Air Peace has announced the extension of its schedule availability for the Lagos-London-Lagos route, with flights now bookable until March 2025. This is contained in a statement by a Senior Communications Officer of the airline, Mr
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Air Peace denies violating UK safety regulations
Air Peace has dismissed reports of alleged safety breach in the United Kingdom, stating that ramp inspection issues were resolved with UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
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Air Peace clarifies emergency landing in Lagos
Air Peace on Thursday evening cleared the air surrounding its Port Harcourt to Lagos flight incident, saying that it was due to a falsely triggered fire alarm before landing. A statement by Mr Stanley Olisa, the airline’s Corporate Communications Lead, explained that some minutes before landing
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BREAKING: Air Peace aircraft makes emergency landing in Lagos
An aircraft belonging to Air Peace with registration number 5NBVE made an emergency landing in Lagos State on Thursday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident happened at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). It was not clear if the aircraft was leaving or arriving at the airport. “An Air Peace flight makes emergency landing in Lagos. The…
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Dangote, Air Peace and the patriotism of capital – By Chidi Amuta
Money is perhaps a homeless vagrant. It has no nationality or permanent homestead in real terms. It goes and stays only where its masters are wise, prudent and far sighted. But in a world dominated by nations and their interests, real money is first a national asset and tool of governance and sovereign assertion.
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Price war in our skies – By Etim Etim
A price war has broken out in a submarket of the nation’s aviation sector, and the passengers are the major beneficiaries. But in the long term, this may hurt the airlines and put the fliers in a bind.
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Air Peace, capitalism, and national interest – By Dakuku Peterside
Nigerian corporate influence and that of the West continue to collide. The rationale is straightforward: whereas corporate activity in Europe and America is part of their larger local and foreign policy engagement, privately owned enterprises in Nigeria or commercial interests are not part of Nigeria’s foreign policy ecosystem, neither is there a strong culture of…
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How Dangote and Air Peace rose up against economic strangulation of Nigeria – By Magnus Onyibe
Nigeria recently spent as much as N2.34 trillion in six months to service a humongous public debt that is currently in excess of N107 trillion that she is saddled with. That is why the country’s national budget of N27.5 trillion for 2024 has nearly half of it appropriated for settling the nation’s outstanding debt, which…
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Air Peace clarifies leaving passenger at Gatwick Airport
The management of Air Peace has denied claims that it abandoned a passenger and closed its counter for its Gatwick to Lagos flight on Monday. Mr Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Lead of the airline, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos.