Air Peace begins direct flight to Jeddah as Emir of Kano lauds airline

Air Peace has launched its sixth international destination with the commencement of scheduled flight services to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

 The inaugural Lagos-Kano-Jeddah operated with wide-bodied B777-200 aircraft was airborne from Kano at 23:22hrs with 231 passengers on Tuesday.

 Prior to the launch of the scheduled service, Air Peace has been operating charter flights to Saudi Arabia for the airlift of Nigerian pilgrims during the Hajj and the airline was one of the carriers appointed by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria for this year’s Hajj.

But this inaugural flight officially kicked off its scheduled operations into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This is just as the Emir of Kano, HRH Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has lauded the airline’s giant strides in the last nine years of operation.

 The Chairman of Air Peace, Dr Allen Onyema, described the entry into Jeddah as ‘Another milestone recorded in the annals of Nigeria’s aviation history’, stating that Jeddah is the airline’s sixth international destination in just nine years of launching commercial flight operations.’