Air Peace Restricted has obtained its fourth Boeing 777 plane, reinforcing its place as West and Central Africa’s aviation chief and deepening its worldwide enlargement plans.
The wide-body Boeing 777-200 ER, bearing registration 5N-CEG, touched down on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Lagos, on Friday, August 22, 2025, at about 3:32pm from Teruel, Spain.
The plane was greeted with a standard water-cannon salute and a rousing reception led by the airline’s chairman, Dr. Allen Onyema; Government Director, Obinna Onyema; Chief Working Officer, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide; alongside members of Air Peace administration workforce.
Chatting with journalists, the airline’s spokesperson, Efe Osifo-Whiskey, famous that the arrival of the state-of-the-art plane aligns with Air Peace’s imaginative and prescient of world connectivity.
Configured with a complete of 312 seats, together with 26 luxurious enterprise class seats and 286 economic system class seats, the plane affords a mix of consolation and trendy facilities.
The Enterprise Class cabin options personal, ambient seating with superior in-flight consolation, whereas Financial system passengers will get pleasure from spacious legroom and refined service.
Throughout the tour of the plane, Dr. Onyema described the acquisition as a pivotal milestone within the airline’s development trajectory, emphasising that it represents a decisive step in Air Peace’s enlargement technique.
He introduced that the newly acquired plane shall be deployed within the subsequent two months for the inaugural long-haul flights from Abuja to London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
Additional plans embrace opening new routes into key European cities, South America, significantly direct flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Caribbean, constructing on Air Peace’s groundbreaking operations into Antigua and Barbuda in addition to St. Kitts and Nevis.
Onyema reiterated the airline’s dedication to providing Nigerians honest and inexpensive entry to worldwide journey whereas curbing the excessive fares lengthy endured by passengers on international carriers. He additionally confused the pressing want for an environment friendly hub system in Nigeria to boost each regional and worldwide connectivity.
The Air Peace Chairman expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his continued assist of indigenous airways by means of insurance policies that create an enabling surroundings for development. He equally recommended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Senator Festus Keyamo, for implementing inclusive measures that place Nigerian carriers to compete successfully on the worldwide stage.
