Air Peace Launches Abuja-Banjul-Dakar Services, Plans Maiduguri, Jos

Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has expanded its regional route network with the introduction of new twice-weekly services from Abuja to Banjul in the Gambia and Dakar in Senegal.

This is as the airline is making plans to launch scheduled domestic flights to Maiduguri and Jos.

Disclosing this to journalists in a news release issued on Thursday, Air Peace Spokesperson, Stanley Olisa, stated that the new regional connections from Abuja will operate on Mondays and Fridays.

According to Olisa, Air Peace is also finalising plans to expand its footprint in the North East and North Central cities of Maiduguri and Jos. Launch dates will be announced soon, as per the release. Air Peace already flies to 3 destinations in the regions: Gombe, Ilorin and Makurdi.

“These new connections and planned routes are a further testament to our determination to continually interconnect Nigeria, giving Nigerians more network options and seamless connectivity. Also, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Malabo and Congo Kinshasa are in the works”, Olisa said.

Air Peace leads Nigeria’s aviation industry with a network of 20 domestic routes, 7 regional routes and 3 international destinations, with a modern fleet of Boeing 777, Boeing 737, Embraer 195-E2, Airbus 320, ERJ 145 and Dornier 328 Jet.

The airline is expecting to increase its fleet with the expected delivery of 8 more brand new Embraer 195-E2s as well as 15 brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 10.