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From left Captain Godfrey Ogbogu representing Dr Allen Onyema, Chairman, Air Peace; Mr Ayodeji Adeyemi, Ground Operations Manager, Air Peace; Oluwakemi Aiyesa, Cabin crew member, Air Peace; Dr Olagunju Ashimolowo, Vice President, Operations, ECOWAS Bank of Investment & Development; Hon Atcha Affoh, Minister of Transport, Togo; Ambassador Adebowale Adesina, Nigerian Ambassador to Togo; Victoria Mukoro, Manager, Air Peace, Lome and Alhaji Salawu Ayuba, President, Nigerian Community in Togo and other Air Peace crew members during Air Peace inaugural flight from Lagos to Lome, Togo on Friday, July 28, 2023.
Air Peace today, Friday July 28 commenced flight operations into Lome, the Togolese capital as part of its West coast expansion plans.
Speaking during the inaugural flight to Lome, Capt. Godfrey Ogbogu, Safety Manager, Air Peace who represented the airline Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema stated that the airline will soon begin flight operations into Cotonou in Benin Republic, Abidjan in Cote d’ivoire, Congo Kinshasa and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
Onyema stated that before the end of 2023, some of these routes will have been launched, because they’re already in the works.
Onyema noted that In March 2022, the airline launched Niamey in Niger Republic and now expanding further with the commencement of flights into Lome, Togo.
He said “Air Peace is on a mission to ease air travel and bridging the connectivity gap among West African countries
and we’re quite delighted that Togo is joining our route network, making it eight regional routes in less than nine years since inception”.
According him: “Togo and Nigeria currently have strong socio-economic ties and both countries have collaborated on significant fronts.
He pointed out that the launch of flights by Air Peace into Lome has given credence to these ties and will foster commercial cooperation as well as deepen bilateral ties between both countries.
In the words of Onyema, “Nigerians come to Togo for business and other purposes and the launch of this connectivity adds fillip to this economic exchange between both countries and also advances development.
Air Peace will continue to provide best-in-class flight services, driven by a customer-first orientation and hinged on strict adherence to established safety standards. We’re also modernising and increasing our fleet, especially with the brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, to continue to give our customers a matchless experience on board- whether domestic, regional or international”.
Onyema explained further that: “We’re reputed for our no-city-left-behind initiative and this is not just for domestic operations. Our no-city-left-behind drive extends to the West Coast, as we’re poised to continually interconnect key cities in the sub-region, making it easy for Africans to maximise the payoffs of air travel for the collective development of all the nations.”
He assured that Air Peace will continue to provide best-in-class flight services, driven by a customer-first orientation and hinged on strict adherence to established safety standards.
Onyema stated further that: “We’re also modernising and increasing our fleet, especially with the brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, to continue to give our customers a matchless experience on board- whether domestic, regional or international. We currently boast of twenty domestic routes, eight regional and five international destinations, including Israel, India and China. Also planned for launch in the future are Houston-USA and London. We’re constantly reviewing our route network in line with the travel needs of the flying public”.
While commending the Togolese authorities, the airline partners in Togo, and the Nigerian Government for making the inaugural possible, Onyema promised to work jointly with all the relevant aviation stakeholders to ensure the new route produces the desired outcomes
