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Russia – Ukraine Conflict: Air Peace deploys aircraft to evacuate Nigerians

UK sets conditions for Air Peace to secure Heathrow slot

Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest carrier has deployed its aircraft to evacuate Nigerians fleeing violence in Europe on the back of the Russia and Ukraine Conflict.

This is the first batch of Nigerians to be evacuated since the conflict started. The aircraft departed Nigeria at 2:20am Thursday, March 3, 2022, for Warsaw, Poland.

Read also: Ukraine-Russia crisis: 2,090 Nigerians expected as evacuation begins today

The Federal Government engaged Air Peace and another airline to evacuate over 2000 Nigerian nationals from neighbouring countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

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