Air Peace Takes Delivery of 2nd E195-E2. By Daisy BARRO

 

On Thursday, Air Peace took delivery of another Embraer 192-E2 – the second of thirteen orders already placed by the airline. The aircraft was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

According to Barrister Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace, the E195-E2 is an extra modern aircraft, and Air Peace is the first in Africa to pay for thirteen brand new jets.

In his own words, “We are the first in Africa to pay for 13 brand new planes and we would be acquiring 17 more to make it 30. These planes shall be deployed to domestic and regional routes. These jets are the best. If all the powers shut down while 30 feet above sea level, a RAM deploys automatically and the plane lands effortlessly. The aircraft speaks to the pilot and the pilot speaks to it. By the time we get everything, we would be providing 8000 jobs to Nigerians”

Commenting on the airline’s present depleted capacity, Onyema explained that Air Peace’ jets that were flown out of Nigeria for maintenance purposes are still in those countries due to COVID-19 restrictions, but they will all return before July ending.

“Air Peace is not the only airline that has been affected by the pandemic and Nigeria is not immune from those things that have tried to destroy aviation worldwide. As I speak to you, we have about 20 of our aircraft still in maintenance around the world because of the effects of COVID19… But before the end of July, all our planes that are in maintenance will be brought back”, he said.

Despite the setbacks ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Air Peace boss reaffirmed that the airline will not lose sight of its vision, which is “to continue to provide seamless connections to passengers locally and internationally.”