Stanley Olisa, the spokesperson of the airline, said on
Tuesday, that the airline deployed one of its three Boeing 777 aircraft, with
registration number 5N-BVE for the historic flight.
It departed at 5 pm conveying 132 passengers on board to
Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Olisa stated that it was a special charter flight and was
the airline’s maiden flight to the Island country, adding that the flight
indicated the airline’s capability to operate flights to any destination in the
world.
He said the aircraft would fly into Montego Bay again on
Dec. 27, 2020, for the return flight on Dec. 28, stressing: “Air Peace has the
aircraft and the requisite manpower to do this’’.
“Air Peace has operated international flights to multiple
destinations such as China, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Israel, United Kingdom,
Thailand, Indonesia.
“Air peace also recently launched scheduled direct flights
to Johannesburg, South Africa, providing respite to travelers on the Lagos-Johannesburg-Lagos
route and connecting the two giant African countries at affordable fares”,
Olisa added.
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