Air Peace says it has signed an agreement with the Benue State Government to operate flights to the state capital, Makurdi.....
The airline stated on Monday that the
deal was sealed last Thursday and that the flight services would begin
in a few weeks’ time.
It added that the route would be
serviced by an Embraer 145 jet under Air Peace Hopper, the airline’s
subsidiary, while the flights would terminate at the Nigerian Air Force
Base, Markudi.
The Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace,
Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide, said the airline would deliver exceptional
flight experience to residents of Benue and others travelling on the
Makurdi route.
According to Olajide, the service will cover Abuja-Makurdi-Abuja and Lagos-Makurdi-Lagos.
The Chief of Staff to the Benue State
Governor, Terwase Obunde, was quoted to have assured Air Peace of the
government’s support to ensure its success on the Makurdi route.
Obunde, who represented Governor Samuel
Ortom at the signing of the agreement, said the government was grateful
to Air Peace for accepting its proposal to fly to Makurdi.
He added that the government would cooperate with the airline to ensure the launch of the route without delay.
The airline said it recently acquired
six Embraer 145 jets, which it planned to deploy in underserved and
unserved routes in the country, including Asaba, Bauchi, Kaduna, Osubi,
Warri and the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt, among others; and
also serve the West Coast cities of Abidjan, Douala, Lome, Monrovia and
Niamey.
It added that it had also acquired two
Boeing 777 aircraft for its long-haul flights to Dubai, Sharjah, London,
Houston, Guangzhou, Mumbai and Johannesburg.
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