'Devilish Conspiracy’ – Air Peace Boss, Onyema Slams Foreign Airlines Over Price Slash.

The Chairman of Nigerian indigenous carrier, Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, has raised the alarm that foreign carriers operating the Nigeria-UK route are allegedly conspiring to send Air Peace out of international operations by crashing airfares on the route.

Onyema gave the revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

He alleged that there is an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricing to eject Air Peace from the Nigeria-London route.

“If they take out Air Peace prematurely, this country will pay dearly for it, 10 times over, billions will be lost, there will be another heavy strain on the naira,” he said.

DAILY POST recalls that Air Peace reciprocated the lopsided Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the United Kingdom when the local airline began direct flight operations from Lagos to Gatwick Airport in London on March 30, 2024.

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo and his counterpart at the Trade and Investment Ministry, Doris Uzoka-Anita were onboard the inaugural Lagos-London flight, alongside businessmen and women.

Many industry observers have applauded the development, saying the development will encourage local airlines to commence international flights to profitable routes.

DAILY POST also reported how the price of international flight ticket on the Lagos-London route, which was as high as N3.5m for economy ticket went for N1.2m as Air Peace commenced the London route, with foreign airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and Qatar Airways forced to slash their prices to stay competitive.

However, speaking on Tuesday, the Air Peace boss said foreign airlines operating the route “are fighting back”, adding that his airlines are being “deliberately frustrated in all ways”.

He cited ground handling and space allocation difficulties at Gatwick Airport in the last couple of days.

“It’s a very devilish conspiracy,” said a dissatisfied Onyema.

“All of a sudden, (foreign) airlines are underpricing, below the cost, it’s not up to one month, an airline was advertising $100, another one $305, $350.

“Fill up the entire aircraft and carry people on the wings, it’s not even enough to buy your fuel. So, why are they doing that? Their governments are supporting them because Nigeria has been a cash cow for everybody.

“Their governments are supporting them to do this and take Air Peace out. The idea is to take Air Peace out and the moment they succeed in taking Air Peace out, Nigerians will pay 20 times over again,” he said.

Onyema, therefore, invited other Nigerian airlines to join the Nigeria-UK route to break the monopoly hitherto enjoyed by foreign carriers operating into the four major gateway airports of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt.

“I invite other Nigerian airlines to join the fray, let them come, let all of us do international operations. Yes, international aeropolitics is very dirty but somebody must pay the price,” he said.

The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

They are teaching him business 101, and he is shocked..A billionaire should know this was bound to happen, but this is what happens in a country where people become overnight billionaires without a good source of how they came about their money.

Juliusganduje:
The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

Victim mentality.

Juliusganduje:
The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

Here we go again. Hateful and envious Yorubas have aligned with foreign Airlines to bring down an Igbo man’s business. Everyone in the world is against the Igbo man.

@LegendHero, you see what I’m saying? With senseless obidients running their mouths everywhere and wearing the airline with an ethnic attire, there is no way they can appeal to the sense of patriotism of other Nigerians.

Victim mentality?

You are shameless people. That is why envy and hate has made you worthless town criers on all issues relating to IGBOs.

Air PEACE will survive. We already knew you failures hated his airline having the international route. But trust the IGBO man he will adapt and restrategize and also come out better.

Shameless losers

opamoses1:

Victim mentality.

FREESTUFFNG your OGA posted the game plan weeks ago.

If Air Peace didn't come onboard as a key competitor

Emirates
British Airways
Ethiopia Airways

and the rest, wouldn't have slashed their fares? So your government can't back a NIGERIAN Airline to compete favourably with other airlines? You all that support foolishness are worthless.

You are shamelessly castigating Air Peace because it is owned by an IGBO person. You have exposed yourselves to the world and anytime you shout SOUTHERN UNITY AGAIN sango and obatala will do the needful on your worthless region. Nonsense and enviously shallow losers.

seunmsg:


Here we go again. Hateful Yorubas have aligned with foreign Airlines to bring down an Igbo man’s business. Everyone has n the world is against the Igbo man.

There is nothing like conspiracy here because you caused it first by crashing the price of 3.5 to 1.5million naira without consulting them first. Do you now love yourself and selfish so that they can run away out of business too? To remain competitive for them, they have to slash the price too lower than your own. They don't need to consult you either to do that because you started it without due consultation and regards to their survivals too.

Now, you can reduce your own too to 20 dollars while another airline will make it free fare to UK or pay as donation. All of you are important and relevant; every airline also have staffs to cater for. It is not only about you. All of you should come together to have uniform pricing or withing the tolerance range you agree upon. All of you are important and want to survive, try to corporate together to help one another

Firstly, due to our usual poor regulatory policies, it's obvious to a good extent, Nigerians have been subjected to unusually high fares by these international airlines.

Air Peace approach was a good one, and their pricing, relatively fair and competitive.

What's happening at the moment is an expected reaction by competitors. In other words, these are market forces at work, which is good and beneficial to the Nigerian populace so Nigerians enjoy fair pricing just as others globally.

This is where Nigerian government should step in, provide necessary support for her indigenous carrier and also ensure average Nigerians are not subjected to extortive fares for international flights.

Juliusganduje:
The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

Stop Ethnicity theory !! Tell him to cut his own down too. That is the beuity competitive in business at least it is a blessing for those concerned.

rantingpigs:
FREESTUFFNG your OGA posted the game plan weeks ago.

If Air Peace didn't come onboard as a key competitor

Emirates
British Airways
Ethiopia Airways

and the rest, wouldn't have slashed their fares?

You are shamelessly castigating Air Peace be ause it is owned by an IGBO person. You have exposed yourselves to the world and anytime you shout SOUTHERN UNITY AGAIN sango and obatala will do the needful on your worthless region. Nonsense and enviously shallow losers.

You can decide to remain a victim forever, that’s your choice buddy. About the Southern unity crap, no Yoruba person is interested in that nonsense. We won the last presidential election without the support of other southern states so what’s your point? We are Nigerians and we think Nigeria first.

NaMe4:
Firstly, due to our usual poor regulatory policies, it's obvious to a good extent, Nigerians have been subjected to unusually high fares by these international airlines.

Air Peace approach was a good one, and their pricing, relatively fair and competitive.

What's happening at the moment is an expected reaction by competitors. In other words, these are market forces at work, which is good and beneficial to the Nigerian populace so Nigerians enjoy fair pricing just as others globally.

This is where Nigerian government should step in, provide necessary support for her indigenous carrier and also ensure average Nigerians are not subjected to extortive fares for international flights.

What kind of support are you suggesting? FG should subsidize the tickets or what?

See reasoning ..

You are pathetic.


So all this while they HELD NIGERIAN citizens to Ransome with outrageous FAREs claiming Forex NONSENSE, was a lie then. So it means that the NIGERIAN Government supports foreign interests over their own. Who is trying to breakthrough in the international air space? Which Government does that, if not a gathering of envious idiots?

You are pathetic and enviously shallow. Even Northerners are marvelled at the level of HATE from you people.

You are shamelessly lost in your generational envy of IGBO people

Air Peace will survive and actually expand globally to your shame and disgrace.

Shameless losers

sreamsense:
There is nothing like conspiracy here because you caused it first by crashing the price of 3.5 to 1.5million naira without consulting them first. Do you now love yourself and selfish so that they can run away out of business too? To remain competitive for them, they have to slash the price too lower than your own. They don't need to consult you either to do that because you started it without due consultation and regards to their survivals too.

Now, you can reduce your own too to 20 dollars while another airline will make it free fare to UK or pay as donation. All of you are important and relevant; every airline also have staffs to cater for. It is not only about you. All of you should come together to have uniform pricing or withing the tolerance range you agree upon. All of you are important and want to survive, try to corporate together to help one another

What Air peace and Onyeama should do is copy what Nigerian Airways did back in the 90s
and Double the luggage allowance

Nigerians will buy your tickets first over foreign Airlines for the sake of the luggage allowance alone

Nigerians can pack load for Africa

opamoses1:
They are teaching him business 101, and he is shocked..A billionaire should know this was bound to happen, but this is what happens in a country where people become overnight billionaires without a good source of how they came about their money.

Point of correction.
Air Peace Boss has been doing Airline business in the United States of America before coming to Nigeria to start an airline business.
Go and verify.

This man is always blaming others and never himself.

Masterstroke4:


Point of correction.
Air Peace Boss doing Airline business in the United States of America before coming to Nigeria to start an airline business.
Go and verify.

Lol. Niger Delta money via NDDC.

Any kind of support from Government to make Air Peace competitive is Welcomed.

Stop being sentimentally foolish.

When they held you to Ransome with outrageous FAREs what did your useless Government do? Air Peace now forces them to Slash fares and you are foolishly castigating Air Peace?

1 NIGERIA is obviously DEAD. Thank you for showing your devilish mindset towards IGBOs because of your generational hate for them.

They are still better than losers like you that shout Mandate on an empty and worthless destiny...

seunmsg:


What kind of support are you suggesting? FG should subsidize the tickets or what?

Juliusganduje:
The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

Exactly

You claim they are victims, but Poverty resides in your region geometrically.

The people you louts always claim to be victims are financially and economically better than you that shouts Presidency Nonsense allover the internet

As regards your submission on winning without the SOUTH, it has been noted.

E go shock una... Useless wankers

seunmsg:



You can decide to remain a victim forever, that’s your choice buddy. About the Southern unity crap, no Yoruba person is interest in that nonsense. We won the last presidential election without the support of other southern states so what’s your point? We are Nigerians and we think Nigeria first.

Alakija 'oil well' via Obasanjo
Adenuga 'Glo' via IBB


All audio billionaires from your region are fronts for the military junta.

Nobody sends your useless noisemaking

Slytiger:

Lol. Niger Delta money via NDDC.

rantingpigs:
Alakija 'oil well' via Obasanjo
Adenuga 'Glo' via IBB


All audio billionaires from your region are fronts for the military junta.

Nobody sends your useless noisemaking

You do. That's why you are agitated 😂

seunmsg:


What kind of support are you suggesting? FG should subsidize the tickets or what?

No. That's already taken care of by market forces, and may even progressively reduce in price which is good.

Part of the complaints by Mr Onyeama was what he perceived could be deliberate logistical challenges eg the issue of ground handling and space allocation difficulties at Gatwick Airport.
Such issues, if well-founded, would require intervention of the Ministries of Aviation and Foreign Affairs.
This would benefit not only Air Peace, but other indigenous airlines seeking to commence such international commercial flights, and Nigerians ultimately. Because if Air Peace is messed up by these guys, the next thing would be a quick reversal of prices to exorbitant rates.

seunmsg:


Here we go again. Hateful and envious Yorubas have aligned with foreign Airlines to bring down an Igbo man’s business. Everyone in the world is against the Igbo man.

@LegendHero, you see what I’m saying? With senseless obidients running their mouths everywhere and wearing the airline with an ethnic attire, there is no way they can appeal to the sense of patriotism of other Nigerians.

Honestly, they are a disgrace in the way they behave.

But don't forget many, if not most of them were IPOB elements before turning Emergency Nigerians, and transforming to 'Obidients'.

They're secessionists and traitors masquerading as 'Nigerians'.

NaMe4:


No. That's already taken care of by market forces, and may even progressively reduce in price which is good.

Part of the complaints by Mr Onyeama was what he perceived could be deliberate logistical challenges eg the issue of ground handling and space allocation difficulties at Gatwick Airport.
Such issues, if well-founded, would require intervention of the Ministries of Aviation and Foreign Affairs.
This would benefit not only Air Peace, but other indigenous airlines seeking to commence such international commercial flights, and Nigerians ultimately. Because if Air Peace is messed up by these guys, the next thing would be a quick reversal of prices to exorbitant rates.

Well, if it has to do with logistical issues, FG should do everything possible to ensure UK respect the terms of the BASA signed between the two countries.

So only Air peace has the sole right to reduce price? It's a free market

sreamsense:
There is nothing like conspiracy here because you caused it first by crashing the price of 3.5 to 1.5million naira without consulting them first. Do you now love yourself and selfish so that they can run away out of business too? To remain competitive for them, they have to slash the price too lower than your own. They don't need to consult you either to do that because you started it without due consultation and regards to their survivals too.

Now, you can reduce your own too to 20 dollars while another airline will make it free fare to UK or pay as donation. All of you are important and relevant; every airline also have staffs to cater for. It is not only about you. All of you should come together to have uniform pricing or withing the tolerance range you agree upon. All of you are important and want to survive, try to corporate together to help one another

The price slash is not competition but muscling them out not because they want to give Nigerians are a better deal but they want to eliminate a guy whonexposed them...

Dangote and BUA who claim cement must sell for 10k...will crash it when a new more humane player sells at 5k and makes profit a 2k

They will crash it to 3k just to guy's 2k profit out and he folds up then they reestablish the 10k

This man keeps complaining. Does He want to keep complaining about his competitors or beat them to d game?. From complaining about uk not allowing him to use LHR to FAAN not allowing him to land at a particular point to competitors underpricing their tickets. All because of you.
Getting tired of the complains abeg. Did he think the industry will welcome him with open arms?

Mr “200k₦ is beta dan 2k£” should get his business in order and stop whining like a …..

Juliusganduje:
The conspiracy might even be from within Nigeria. Anything to bring down an Igbo man is what gives them joy.

Will you just shut already.

It's like this victim mindset cuts across all igbos races irrespective of gender, age, exposure or academic level.

So, because other foreign airlines refused to be greedy and chose to crash their ticket prices for the benefits of customers, Air Peace boss is crying like bush baby over price slash by other competitors. Instead of him to do same.

Nonsense!

rantingpigs:
Victim mentality?

You are shameless people. That is why envy and hate has made you worthless town criers on all issues relating to IGBOs.

Air PEACE will survive. We already knew you failures hated his airline having the international route. But trust the IGBO man he will adapt and restrategize and also come out better.

Shameless losers

You are very sick o!


Tribalism and "they hate us" mentality have ruined you guys.

So, because air peace is in business, other operating air lines have no right to fix price that will be more pocket friendly and affordable to customers.

Must you guys always bring tribal sentiment into every things?

Who did this to you people sef?

I am ashamed of sharing the same geographical environment with you people. You people are pathetic and miserably bigotic.

Thank God dangote is not and igbo.

Chai!

sreamsense:
There is nothing like conspiracy here because you caused it first by crashing the price of 3.5 to 1.5million naira without consulting them first. Do you now love yourself and selfish so that they can run away out of business too? To remain competitive for them, they have to slash the price too lower than your own. They don't need to consult you either to do that because you started it without due consultation and regards to their survivals too.

Now, you can reduce your own too to 20 dollars while another airline will make it free fare to UK or pay as donation. All of you are important and relevant; every airline also have staffs to cater for. It is not only about you. All of you should come together to have uniform pricing or withing the tolerance range you agree upon. All of you are important and want to survive, try to corporate together to help one another

Nigerians are the worst people to try to save! Air peace has survived for 19 tears without flying Lagos London route......if he cannot bear the loss........guyman will leave the route and you ungrateful lot at the mercy of the foreign airlines
...

Shame on you


When the airlines fixed exorbitant prices and cited unfavorable business climate WHAT DID YOU DO? But immediately Air Peace came onboard and reduced his prices, they all forgot the UNFAVORABLE business climate and reduced their fares also.

You are shamelessly exposing why that country is a disgrace to Africa and a shame to every human being with a brain.

Will British Airways even consider your useless self as a NIGERIAN when they do their businesses?

You are pathetic and worthless.

This is not victim mentality as you foolishly claim. It's best practices.

When Adenuga crashed MTN by introducing per second billing you were happy right?

So why will Air Peace not have Government backing to excel in his own NIGERIA? When they talk BIAFRA now, same you will be ranting aimlessly.


You are terrible people and Air Peace will excel totally

Nonsense

Godfullsam:



You are very sick o!


Tribalism and "they hate us" mentality have ruined you guys.

So, because air peace is in business, other operating air lines have no right to fix price that will be more pocket friendly and affordable to customers.

Must you guys always bring tribal sentiment into every things?

Who did this to you people sef?

I am ashamed of sharing the same geographical environment with you people. You people are pathetic and miserably bigotic.

Thank God dangote is not and igbo.

Chai!