Air Peace (P4, Lagos) is looking at the development of smaller bases across Nigeria and West Africa as part of plans to decentralize its network away from its primary base in Lagos.
The move has been made possible through the introduction of six E145s at its Air Peace Hopper (P4, Lagos) unit which will allow the carrier to target thinner point-to-point domestic and regional routes where its B737s would otherwise prove uneconomical.
“Our plan," Chief Executive Officer Allen Onyema said in a statement, “is to massively expand our operations from our base in Lagos into mini-hubs across all regions of Nigeria and the West Coast of Africa. We assure you that the North of Nigeria will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the massive expansion of our route network and fleet capacity."
Air Peace currently serves Akure, Benin City, Calabar, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, Owerri, Port Harcourt Awolowo, Uyo, and Yola domestically.
In terms of international flights, it currently connects Lagos and Abuja with Accra, Ghana with plans to offer onward services to Monrovia Roberts (Liberia) followed by Banjul (Gambia) and Dakar Blaise Diagne International (Senegal). According to its reservations platform, Air Peace also intends to connect Lagos with each of Dakar and Banjul through Freetown (Sierra Leone).
Aside from the Embraer Regional Jets, Air Peace also operates eight B737-300s, five B737-500s, and one Do328-300.
Once all regulatory approvals have been secured, Onyema said Air Peace will deploy its B777 fleet (one B777-200(ER) and one -300) on flights to Dubai International and Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Guangzhou (China), London (United Kingdom), Houston Intercontinental (United States), Mumbai International (India), and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo in South Africa.
