Air Peace (P4, Lagos) is considering establishing an MRO facility in Asaba, the capital of southern Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state.
According to Leadership, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, told local legislators this week that Air Peace's management had indicated its interest in making "Asaba Airport its operational hub, where it can quickly build its maintenance hangers.”
The carrier recently resumed daily flights to Asaba from its Lagos primary base.
“We have made considerable progress in our quest to make Asaba Airport an international gateway; following the successful completion of the runway rehabilitation work, the airport has been approved and upgraded to a Category 6 Airport to receive and dispatch large aircraft, by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,” Okowa said.
In August, Chief Executive Officer Allen Onyema said Air Peace 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.
