Air Peace B737-300 taxing at Sokoto Airport
Lagos – Air Peace has officially received the membership certificate of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its office in Lagos.
The airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Allen Onyema, assured air travellers of the carrier’s dedication to safe and comfortable flight of operations.
During the presentation of the certificate to the management of the airline IATA’s Area Manager, South-West Africa, Dr. Samson Fatokun, commended Air Peace for making the list of airlines in the IATA membership registry.
Fatokun explained that only about 300 carriers of the thousands of airlines operating globally were listed in the association’s registry because of the stringent admission process.
He emphasized that the body had requirements for any airline that wanted to belong to the IATA brand, saying that one of such requirement was the ability of such applicant to pass the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
He added: “And this has kept most of them back. IATA comes with a requirement of quality and people expect the airline to operate with recommended standards of aviation globally.”
Fatokun affirmed that with the certification, Air Peace had been given the leverage to become a global player in the aviation industry.
In his remarks, Onyema said the airline had distinguished itself in the Nigerian aviation industry on account of its managerial integrity and uncompromising adherence to the global requirements for safe flight operations.
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The carrier’s membership of IATA, he added, would greatly boost its drive to further expand to the West Coast of Africa and connect international routes, including Dubai, Houston, London, Mumbai, Guangzhou-China and Johannesburg.
Air Peace, he confirmed, had increased its fleet to about 24 aircraft to begin flight operations to nine West African countries and six international destinations.
