By Seyi Babalola

Air Peace, a leading Nigerian airline, has taken another huge step in enhancing regional air travel by launching its inaugural flight into Lome, Togo.

This expansion marks a remarkable achievement for the airline, which has been dedicated to bridging the connectivity gap among West African countries.

This was made known by the Safety manager of Air Peace, Captain Godfrey Ogbogu on Friday at the Lome Airport, in other to celebrate the strengthening of socio-economic ties between Togo and Nigeria and further highlighted the airline’s commitment to seamless air travel.

Speaking at the ceremony, Captain Godfrey Ogbogu, the Safety Manager of Air Peace, expressed the airline’s joy in expanding its route network with the addition of Lome, Togo.

Read his full speech below:

“Today, Air Peace is connecting another city in West Africa. In March 2022, we launched Niamey in Niger Republic. Now, we’re expanding further with the commencement of flights into Lome, Togo. It suffice to say we’re on a mission to easing air travel and bridging the connectivity gap among West African countries, and we’re quite delighted that Togo is joining our route network, making it eight regional routes in less than nine years since inception.

“Togo and Nigeria currently have strong socio-economic ties and both countries have collaborated on significant fronts. 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.

“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, we’re launching, very soon, flight operations into Cotonou in Benin Republic, Abidjan in Cote d’ivoire, Congo Kinshasa and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

“Before the end of 2023, some of these routes will have been launched, because they’re already in the works.
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.

“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.

“Lastly, 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”.