The cost of air travel across Nigeria has been tipped to drop as Air Peace, Nigeria’s foremost indigenous airline has announced the arrival of one of its aircraft, a Boeing 737, Njenje Media News reports.
The Aircraft, with registration number 5N-BQU, which has been undergoing C-check maintenance in Israel, arrived Lagos on Friday after going through maintenance in Israel.
However, according to a press statement issued by Air Peace, the B737 is the fourth aircraft to return after undergoing varying levels of extensive maintenance checks, adding that several of its aircraft were still undergoing maintenance overseas having been flown out before the COVID-19 outbreak and the attendant lockdown.
He said, “We have many of our aircraft on maintenance abroad. We ought to have received a good number of them but the COVID-19 lockdown in different parts of the world has been slowing work on the aircraft.”
The airline stated that as more aircraft return from maintenance trip, it will resume suspended routes gradually and increase frequencies to selected destinations.
The statement also revealed that Air Peace will be deploying its two brand new E195-E2 aircraft for scheduled operations very soon as the jets are currently operating demo flights.
