BY: OLAPEJU OLUBI
Air Peace Airlines in it bid to bridging connectivity gap among West African countries today commenced flights operations into Lome, Togo, making eight regional routes in less than nine years since inception.
Safety manager of the Airline, Captain Godfrey Ogbogu in his address said, Togo and Nigeria currently have strong socio-economic ties and both countries have collaborated on significant fronts.
He added that the launch of flights by Air Peace into Lome today has given credence to these ties and will foster commercial cooperation as well as deepen bilateral ties between both countries, while he recalled that in March 2022, the airline commenced flights into Niamey in Niger Republic.
According to him; “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. We’re reputed for our no-city-left-behind initiative and this is not just for domestic operations. Our no-city-left-behind drive extends to the West Coast, as we’re poised to continually interconnect key cities in the sub-region, making it easy for Africans to maximise the payoffs of air travel for the collective development of all the nations”.
In keeping with this corporate ambition, Ogbogu noted that Air Peace will soon launch flight operations into Cotonou in Benin Republic, Abidjan in Cote d’ivoire, Congo Kinshasa and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, saying by the end of 2023, some of these routes would have been launched as planned.
“Air Peace will continue to provide best-in-class flight services, driven by a customer-first orientation and hinged on strict adherence to established safety standards. We’re also modernising and increasing our fleet, especially with the brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, to continue to give our customers a matchless experience on board- whether domestic, regional or international”, he stressed.
Ogbogu noted; “We currently boast of twenty domestic routes, eight regional and five international destinations, including Israel, India and China. Also planned for launch in the future are Houston-USA and London. We’re constantly reviewing our route network in line with the travel needs of the flying public”.
Expressing gratitude; “we must thank the Togolese authorities, our partners here, and the Nigerian Government for making this possible, while we promise to work jointly with all the relevant aviation stakeholders to ensure this new route produces the desired outcomes for all”.