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‘We’re being deliberately frustrated,’ Air Peace chair raises alarm over conspiracy from foreign airlines
The Chairman of Nigerian indigenous carrier Air Peace, Allen Onyema has voiced concern over alleged conspiracy among foreign carriers operating the Nigeria-UK route.

He claimed that these carriers are deliberately undercutting airfares on the route as part of a scheme to push Air Peace out of international operations.


During an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, Allen Onyema asserted the existence of an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines.


He alleged that these airlines are employing lower pricing strategies with the aim of forcing Air Peace off 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. We are being deliberately frustrated in all ways,” he said, citing groundhandling and space allocation difficulties at Gatwick Airport in the last couple of days.

“It’s a very devilish conspiracy. 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 cashcow 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.”

The airline boss invite 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.

Onyema expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu and Minister Keyamo for being “solidly behind” Air Peace even as the airline navigates the politics side of operating to London.


Recall on March 30, 2024, Air Peace commenced direct flight operations from Lagos to Gatwick Airport in London.

The development has been applauded by many industry observers applauded who viewed it as a positive step forward.

Encouraged by Air Peace’s initiative, there is a growing support for other local airlines to consider launching international flights to lucrative routes, thus expanding opportunities and competition in the aviation sector.

Before then, the price of international flight tickets on the Lagos-London route had soared to as much as N3.5 million. However, following Air Peace’s introduction of a return economy class ticket priced at N1.2 million, foreign carriers like British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and Qatar Airways found themselves compelled to significantly reduce their fares in order to remain competitive in the market.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/were-being-deliberately-frustrated-air-peace-chair-raises-alarm-over-conspiracy-from-foreign-airlines/amp/

Stop coming to the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

Air peace started this nonsense, so stop complaining

What did he expect?
That they give up and move on?

Airpeace slashed price to gain market and push out competitors.
The competitors are now reacting with their own slashed prices.

What Airpeace should have first done is implement a small price reduction,
watch the competitors reaction and make another decision based on this.

But if it comes to running at a loss, I doubt Airpeace can do that for up to a year
because some of these foreign Airlines can take loss for a very long time because
they have other other very profitable route.

ivolt:
What did he expect?
That they give up and move on?

Airpeace slashed price to gain market and push out competitors.
The competitors are now reacting with their own slashed prices.

What Airpeace should have first done is implement a small price reduction,
watch the competitors reaction and make another decision based on this.

But if it comes to running at a loss, I doubt Airpeace can do that for up to a year
because some of these foreign Airlines can take loss for a very long time because
they have other other very profitable route.

God bless you abundantly with this submission.

We were tagged tribalist when we told them the Air peace moves would back fire badly.

Anyways, na win win for the travellers sha

Arobaga:
Na why Damgote dey kill una with monopoly




Mkpii

And you are yet to die?

Huh

Interesting time ahead..

Nigeria billionaires should have a rethink in investing in the Airlines business now.

Our Naira will continue to get devalued if these foreign companies are the determinant of the flight pricing to the UK and other Countries.

helinues:
Stop coming to the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

Air peace started this nonsense, so stop complaining

And you call yourself patriotic,or is because he is igbo?.no worry sha ,ee go reach everybody.your type will never get to fly intanational anyways.

Iykoto86:
And you call yourself patriotic,or is because he is igbo?.no worry sha ,ee go reach everybody.your type will never get to fly intanational anyways.

Make una leave politics or tribe from this topic.

Make una tell Air peace for his face how he bleeped with that wrong move of splashing the price without considering the consequences

Sebi we were drunk earlier when we analyzed this same scenario .

Next time, he would know how to put the prosperity of his business first before any other thing.

In a well established capitalist system, Air peace came suddenly with socialist system against those he can't compete whether by money or connection.

Street OT is actually useful in most areas. Onyema no get confirm street OT

helinues:
In a well established capitalist system, Air peace came suddenly with socialist system against those he can't compete whether by money or connection.

Street OT is actually useful in most areas. Onyema no get confirm street OT

you always comment like a stark illiterate...say na Street ot, you think say na agbero work for oshodi this topic be about?