Air Peace (P4, Lagos) is planning to become the first Nigerian carrier to begin international operations out of Enugu. The southeastern Nigerian city is currently connected to Lagos and Abuja by Air Peace, Med-View Airline (Kano), Arik Air (W3, Lagos) and Aero Contractors (N2, Lagos) with Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa International) operating its sole international connection - to Addis Ababa International.
According to China's Xinhua news agency, Air Peace chairman Allen Onyema has alluded to the launch of flights to Guangzhou, China from Enugu in the near future.
"President Muhammadu Buhari in his magnanimity on March 31, 2016 approved for us the right to fly to five different countries and we decided now to make Enugu State the hub," he said.
At present, Nigeria maintains four other international gateways aside from Enugu: Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt Awolowo, and Kano.
Though it currently serves Abuja, Calabar, Enugu, Lagos, Owerri, and Port Harcourt locally, Air Peace has also been designated to operate flights to Niger, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon and Congo regionally. Internationally, the Nigerian Ministry of Transport recently allocated it Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Dubai International, Guangzhou, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, and Mumbai International traffic rights.
