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Nigeria's Air Peace secures its AOC

Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has secured its Air Operators Certificate from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with plans to commence domestic operations in due course. The start-up has already sourced a fleet of five B737-500s and three Do328-300s.

Air Peace is the latest entrant into the Nigerian aviation field behind Azman Air (AZM, Kano) and Discovery Air (Lagos) which both débutted their maiden domestic flights earlier in the year. Among the other candidates that are also looking to launch services are West Link Airlines (WLN, Abuja) and Hak Air (Lagos) which were both certified in June last year.

Nigeria's Hak Air and West Link Airlines granted AOCs by regulators

Hak Air (Lagos) and West Link Airlines (WLN, Abuja) have been granted their respective Air Operators Certificates (AOC) by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority it has emerged. The AOC will now allow Hak Air to deploy its fleet of four ex-Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) B737-400s into revenue service following their acquisition last year. The Lagos-based carrier, previously known for its Hajj and Umrah operations, also holds rights to Port Harcourt Awolowo to London Gatwick though it still unknown as to how and when it will service the route. For its part, West Link is a charter operation who also specialize in Umrah flights. It is run by Ibrahim Mshelia, who owns Africa Contracts and Equipment and the Mish Aviation School in Ghana.