Air Peace expands horizons with new Abuja-London routes

By Fred Chukwuelobe

On October 26, 2025, Air Peace Airlines Limited volition adhd the lucrative Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (IATA codification ABV) and the London Heathrow (LHR) way to its network. The hose volition besides successful 48 hours aft adhd the ABV – London Gatwick (LGW) route. This volition bring to 3 the fig of UK destinations Air Peace volition beryllium flying into, that is, successful summation to its highly palmy Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) Lagos to London Gatwick (LGW) it presently operates.

Last August, Air Peace received different Boeing 777-200ER craft with registration fig 5N-CEG, bringing to 4 the fig of wide-body craft successful its fleet to work these caller routes. The upcoming London routes volition summation their stock of rider measurement into London, a marketplace that had for years been dominated by overseas “big players” successful the aviation industry.

As Air Peace expands its horizons with caller Abuja-London routes, it volition present run nonstop flights from Abuja to London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Following the Abuja-London routes instrumentality off, Air Peace is taking passengers straight from Nigerian airports consecutive to the UK. It is besides offering round-trip tickets starting from ¦ 1 million, which is importantly little than the mean fares offered by different airlines connected that route. Passengers volition beryllium flown successful Air Peace’s wide-body Boeing 777-200 aircraft, providing them with enhanced comfortableness and a premium compartment experience, and feted with Nigerian dishes.

The caller routes volition connection seamless connections to aggregate destinations crossed Nigeria, including Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Benin, Warri, Owerri, Kano, Yola, Gombe, and Asaba, a important milestone for Air Peace, which volition undoubtedly solidify its presumption arsenic a person successful local, regional, and intercontinental aviation successful Nigeria. It volition summation the question options disposable to the flying public, trim costs, and heighten connectivity betwixt Nigeria and the UK.

The motorboat of the 2 routes is simply a effect of persistent efforts by the Tinubu medication to unafraid slots for Air Peace astatine Heathrow Airport. Chairman/CEO of the airline, Chief Allen Ifechukwu Onyema (CON), has acknowledged this and has besides expressed gratitude to the British authorities and the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, for their enactment successful making this way a reality.

Speaking connected the impending planetary routes portion receiving the latest summation to the airline’s fleet, Chief Onyema said “Air Peace volition besides statesman nonstop flights from Lagos to São Paulo, Brazil; Lagos to Antigua and Barbuda successful the Caribbean. Its Lagos – Brazil nonstop flights volition chopped down connected the fig of hours passengers walk from Lagos to the Samba City to conscionable 7 and a half.

He added that, close from 2014 erstwhile it began commercialized operations, Air Peace resolved to go a large subordinate successful not conscionable the Nigerian aviation assemblage but internationally, telling the satellite “That Nigeria was bushed of playing a 2nd fiddle and is determined to go a large subordinate successful the industry.”

From its grounds 7 craft upon its debut connected October 24, 2014, Air Peace has contiguous transcended the Nigerian aviation skies into the West African sub-region and has continued to soar into planetary skies wherever it is spreading its wings to the admiration of Nigerians who had waited with berthed enactment for an hose to telephone their own.

As a caller airline, Air Peace began with a fleet of 3 (3) Dornier 328 craft for charter services and 4 (4) Boeing 737-500 craft with a capableness of 114 seats for some rider and cargo services. As request for aerial question grew implicit the years, it became evident that much craft were needed to fulfill the flying public. Between 2015 and 2017, the hose acquired 8 (8) further Boeing 737-300 aircraft, each with a capableness of 136 seats. Inundated with pleas by members of the flying nationalist to widen its services to galore unserved and underserved home and determination routes, Air Peace procured six 50-seater Embraer 145 jets successful 2018 to thrust its ‘No-City-Left-Behind’ task nether its subsidiary, Air...