Taking a peek at Gatwick Airport's official Instagram account, it appears there wasn't any fanfare for Air Peace's inaugural flight. We don't see a celebratory water cannon salute in any posts, and there's also no mention of the new route itself.

This is interesting considering Gatwick typically announces new airline partnerships and flights on their social media. Recent examples include posts about new routes with airlines from Azerbaijan and Swiss Air.

While it's certainly surprising not to see any acknowledgment from Gatwick, it's important to note that social media strategy can vary across airports.

Here's what we can glean so far:

No water cannon salute or announcement on Gatwick's Instagram.
Gatwick does announce new flights from other airlines.

Air Peace's PR team might want to investigate further to understand the reason behind the omission. Perhaps there's another communication channel Gatwick uses for such announcements, or maybe there was a specific reason in this case.

An insinuation that the owner of Gatwick, a Yoruba man NOT BEING HAPPY is what this thread is all about. Emotional babies. 😭😭😭

Zxcvbnmghtr:

Powerful.

The water salute though a phenomenon at airports is not a requirement but a tradition. Whether Gatwick did it or not, won’t stop Nigerians who travel frequently by air from appreciating Air-peace, for positively affecting the cost of air travel for Nigerians home & abroad.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
An insinuation that the owner of Gatwick, a Yoruba man NOT BEING HAPPY is what this thread is all about.

An insinuation that a Yoruba man own Gatwick is not what this thread is about!

That stupid water Cannon salute is just nonsense

LOVEALAIGBO:


An insinuation that a Yoruba man own Gatwick is not what this thread is about!

It's about water cannon abi?

Lol how the Water salute stops people from landing or leaving in Air peace u people must av problem with everything...

olisaEze:
The water salute though a phenomenon at airports is not a requirement but a tradition. Whether Gatwick did it or not, won’t stop Nigerians who travel frequently by air from appreciating Air-peace, for positively affecting the cost of air travel for Nigerians home & abroad.

Thank you.

inoki247:
Lol how the Water salute stops people from landing or leaving in Air peace u people must av problem with everything...

Complain, complain no dey Taya them

Yaribanborobber people don cry tire.
Air Peace should rebrand to Pepper Peace.

Water cannon salutes are a mark of respect in both the civilian aviation industry and the military aviation enterprise when a senior pilot retires, an aircraft retires, the arrival of a new aircraft to an organization and the final flight of an aircraft from an airport.


OP please don't be ignorant