Air Peace blames flight disruptions on delays in pilots' visa renewals

Air Peace has blamed its recent flight delays, cancellations and rescheduling on delays in renewal of visas for it’s expatriates pilots.

The airline also said unscheduled aircraft maintenance contributed to the flight disruptions.

This is also as the airline opened a refund channel for its customers nationwide.

BusinessDay’s findings show that there have been persistent flights cancellations and rescheduling across the airline network, forcing customers to call on the Consumer Protection Council to intervene.

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“We apologise to our esteemed customers, who have experienced delays in their well-planned flights these past couple of days,” Air Peace said in a news circular.

“The disruption of these flights was as a result of unscheduled aircraft maintenance and largely by delays in renewing work permit/visas for many of our expatriate pilots, which have led to a chain of delays and cancellations across our local flight operations.

“We thank the Nigerian Immigration Service for their swift intervention and cooperation, as the visas has now been granted.”

The airline has also assured that normalcy has returned now.

“While we regret the inconveniences caused, be assured that we are doing everything possible to minimise the effect of these disruptions,” the airline added.

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.