Air Peace begins Lome July 28, announces special Antigua flights

Air Peace has expanded its regional connectivity with the launch of the Lome(Togo) route on July 28, 2023, a news release issued by the airline on Thursday, July 13, 2023, has revealed.

The airline has also announced special flights to Antigua between August 5 and 9, 2023, in partnership with Tour Brokers International.

The airline said the Lagos-Lome-Lagos route will be operated with the 50-seater Embraer 145 jets.

“We are expanding our West African presence to strategically connect key cities in the sub-region, ease connectivity for Africans and strengthen commercial ties between countries.

“Air Peace is committed to easing the air transportation burden of Africans, and this will continue to drive our route expansion as well as fleet modernisation. We also recently received two Boeing 737-700 aircraft to further strengthen our domestic and regional operations”, the release stated.

On the Antigua operations, Air Peace disclosed that it is offering the best flight deals for customers who plan to travel for the Antigua Carnival from August 5-9, 2023, plus bespoke hotel packages from Tour Brokers International.

Similarly, the airline hinted that plans are in top gear to resume China soon, adding that more connections and routes like Congo Kinshasa and Abidjan are in the works. With Lome operations, Air Peace’s regional route strength will increase to eight, including Douala and Niamey launched in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Air Peace, with an increasing, mixed modern fleet of B737s, E195-E2s, B777s, E145s, Airbus 320s, and a Dornier 328, leads Nigeria’s aviation industry with a network of twenty domestic routes, seven regional routes, and five international destinations.

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.