Air Peace to commence services between Abuja and London Heathrow

Since launching UK operations in March 2024, Air Peace has been operating flights into London Gatwick but has had its eyes on operating to London Heathrow.

Last September, Nigeria’s minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, wrote a letter to the UK aviation authorities requesting slots for Air Peace at Heathrow, which was initially rejected citing the applications were submitted too late for the scheduling seasons.

“On the international scene, daily flights from Lagos to London are going on, so we’ll start from October, and from then on, we will start Abuja -London flights as the British Authority has granted Air Peace access to Heathrow directly, said chairman of Air Peace, Dr Allen Onyema. “We appreciate President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for their support. If our safety record is dented, there will be problems.”

He added: “We shall be running seven days a week, that is, four days to Heathrow and three days to Gatwick Airport from Abuja. If you are not good, foreign airlines won’t allow you to fly there commercially.”