Allen Onyema (Dr.), the Chairman and CEO of Air Peace Limited, unveiled the airline’s decision to commence Lagos-London flights from Gatwick Airport starting March 30, 2024.

The choice of Gatwick, he emphasised, comes from the UK authorities’ denial of Heathrow, as revealed in his statement on Arise TV.

In the interview, Onyema elucidated, “The BASA we signed with the UK is this: you give me your primary airport; we give you our primary airport. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways come to our country using our primary airports, Lagos and Abuja.”

He expressed disappointment over UK’s refusal to extend the courtesy of Heathrow, which is regarded as the primary airport.

While initially adamant about Heathrow, Onyema noted the practical advantages Gatwick offers, particularly for Nigerian passengers residing in the South East of London.

He highlighted the reduced traffic congestion and the seamless connectivity to Central London from Gatwick, attributing these factors as pivotal in Air Peace’s decision-making process.

Onyema remarked, “Gatwick was not really our choice but in the long run we decided to see some goods in choosing Gatwick.”

He acknowledged Gatwick’s Southern terminal allocation to Air Peace, enabling passengers to swiftly access transportation links to various parts of the UK.

“Many of our people live down South East part of London and there is heavy traffic into Central London from Heathrow, but at Gatwick, they allotted Southern terminal to Air Peace and when you get to south terminal, you get out of immigration, take your luggage, you walk into the Gatwick express train within three minutes and that will take you to Victoria, right into Central London,” Onyema elaborated.

kettykin:
I feel this airline is about to blow like Nvidia, the result of yesterday's persistence is about to yield fruits

aljharem:


Una don start. Nvidia ko, Microsoft ni.

They are in totally different industry where scalability is an issue.

At best, it will be like Air Marco or ethiopian airlines

aljharem:


Una don start. Nvidia ko, Microsoft ni.

They are in totally different industry where scalability is an issue.

At best, it will be like Air Marco or ethiopian airlines

kettykin:


See who is talking about AI industry here, Nvidia has been making chips for more than 30 years , and just hit it big on AI chips, air peace has been flying for more than 10 years and has gotten 3 lucrative routes , route to London and another to new York.


If you still can't make anything out of this then the fault is yours.