Air Peace’s Economy Class Seats To London Fully Booked Till August — COO
LAGOS – The economy class ticket seats of Air Peace flight to London from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos are fully booked for the next 60 days, Mrs. Toyin Olajide, the airline’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) has said.
This is as Nigerian travellers on the Lagos-London route, including a travel agent company, have commended the airline for its decision to start flight services to European countries over three months ago.
Speaking with Daily Independent in an interview in Lagos, Olajide observed that the airline had faced numerous challenges on the route, but expressed delight that the carrier had provided Nigerians with an alternative choice.
Olajide further assured that Air Peace would continue to provide travellers on the lucrative and competitive route.
According to her, its Sunday’s flight of June 30, 2024, was fully booked in the economy class seats, while 41 seats in its business class of 42 were equally occupied.
She, however, regretted that its system did not advertise its first-class seats, an error that had been corrected by the management.
Besides, she explained that Nigerians flying from the United States to the United Kingdom book Air Peace to Lagos, thereby taking advantage of the cheap US-Europe cheap flights.
She stated that by doing so, the travellers on the US-UK-Nigeria routes save a lot of money, which they would have spent on direct US-Nigeria flights.
She added that Chinese citizens residing in Nigeria, fly Air Peace to London and connect China Southern Airline to China in a bid to reduce airfares.
She said: “But our system did not advertise our first-class seats, an error, which has been corrected. So, what it means is that we recorded a very high load factor, only the 12 seats in the first class and one business class seat; that is, 13 seats were empty out of the 274 seats capacity aircraft. We thank Nigerians. We appreciate the fact that they are happy with the airline.