Air Peace Begins Flight to Kano
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has commended Air Peace for its inaugural flight to the historical city, as the airline begins LagosKano-Lagos flight services.
The airline, which said it intends to boost the nation’s economy by connecting different cities in the country by air, described the Kano flight operations as a very significant milestone in its vision to unite Nigeria through air travel and lift the nation’s economy through trade facilitation and massive job creation.
At the brief ceremony to mark the inaugural flight, Chairman and CEO of the airline, Mr. Allen Onyema said that the airline’s operation to Kano was in sync with its strategy to expand operations in the northern part of Nigeria and connect other unserved or underserved cities of the country.
“Kano has long been recognised as the economic capital of the North of Nigeria. We are therefore hopeful that the extension of the flight services to the state will greatly positively impact the economy of the region,” said Onyema who was represented by the airline’s spokesman, Chris Iwarah.
He disclosed that the Kano launch would be followed with the commencement of flight operations to Yola in Adamawa State on February 15, and Freetown, Banjul, Dakar on February 19; adding that last year, the airline hugely expanded its capacity to serve the flying public with the increase of its fleet to size of 24 airplanes.
The Air Peace Chairman also noted that on January 31 and February 8 the airline took delivery of two of the six Embraer 145 aircraft it recently acquired to serve cities with air transport difficulties under its new subsidiary, Airy Peace Hoper.
He reiterated that the airline is more positioned to transform air travel experience in Nigeria, West Africa sub region and beyond.
Speaking earlier at the event, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi said that the Emirate would continue to support Air Peace to succeed on the Lagos–Kano route, remarking that the airline’s arrival into Kano would further engineer social and economic development.
The Emir, who was represented by Ibrahim Sambo, stated that there are very few airlines operating into Kano, adding that now that Air Peace has started operation to Kano, the people are happy.