By NAN
In connecting another city in West Africa, Air Peace has announced further expansion with the arrival of its Inagural flight in Lome, Togo on Friday.
The aircraft departs the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos at 8.00 a.m.
Announcing the development in a statement in Lagos, the Safety Manager, Air Peace, Capt. Godfrey Ogbogu said the Lome flight would further strengthen the economic ties of West-Africans.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that In March 2022, Air Peace had launched its flights to Niamey in Niger Republic.
Ogbogu said the airline was quite delighted that Togo was joining its route network, making it eight regional routes in less than nine years since inception.
“Today, Air Peace is connecting another city in West Africa. In March 2022, we launched Niamey in Niger Republic. Now, we’re expanding further with the commencement of flights into Lome, Togo.
“It suffice to say we are on a mission to easing air travel and bridging the connectivity gap among West African countries.
“We are quite delighted that Togo is joining our route network, making it eight regional routes in less than nine years since inception,” he said.
Ogbogu noted that Togo and Nigeria currently had strong socio-economic ties and both countries had collaborated on significant fronts.
According to him, the launch of flights by Air Peace into Lome today has given credence to these ties and will foster commercial cooperation and also deepen bilateral ties between both countries.
He said Nigerians come to Togo for business and other purposes and the launch of this connectivity adds fillip to this economic exchange between both countries and also advances development.
Ogbogu said the airline was reputed for its no-city-left-behind initiative and this was not just for domestic operations.
“Our no-city-left-behind drive extends to the West Coast, as we are poised to continually interconnect key cities in the sub-region.
“Therefore, making it easy for Africans to maximise the payoffs of air travel for the collective development of all the nations,” he said.
Ogbogu said it was launching flight operations into Cotonou in Benin Republic, Abidjan in Cote d’ivoire, Congo Kinshasa and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
The safety manager said before the end this year, some of these routes would have been launched, because they were already in the works.
Ogbogu said the airline would continue to provide best-in-class flight services, driven by a customer-first orientation and hinged on strict adherence to established safety standards.
He said it was also modernising and increasing its fleet, especially with the brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, to continue to give customers a matchless experience on board- whether domestic, regional or international.
Ogbogu said it was currently boast of 20 domestic routes, eight regional and five international destinations, including Israel, India and China, adding that it also planned for launch in the future are Houston-USA and London.
He said the airline was constantly reviewing its route network in line with the travel needs of the flying public.
The safety manager also thanked the Togolese authorities, its partners, and the Nigerian Government for making this possible.
He said the airline promised to work jointly with all the relevant aviation stakeholders to ensure this new route produces the desired outcomes for all. (NAN)