Air Peace receives another B737 from maintenance

Nigeria’s largest domestic carrier, Air Peace, has announced the arrival of one of its aircraft, a Boeing 737, which has been undergoing C-Check Maintenance in Israel. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BQU, arrived Lagos on Friday, June 4, 2021.

According to a media statement issued by the airline, this is the fourth aircraft to return after undergoing varying levels of extensive maintenance checks.

The statement said several of Air Peace’s aircraft are still undergoing maintenance overseas having been flown out before the COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown that ensued.

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“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 statement said.

The airline stated that as more aircraft return from maintenance, it would resume suspended routes gradually and increase frequencies to selected destinations.

The statement said Air Peace would deploy its two brand new E195-E2 aircraft for scheduled operations very soon as the jets are currently operating demo flights.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.