Air Peace to suspend flight operations for 23 days over Covid-19

Chief Operating Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has announced the suspension of flight services by the airline for 23 days, as a way to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.

In a statement signed by Mrs. Toyin Olajide, she confirmed that the suspension will take effect from March 27.

The statement reads in part: “It is with a great sense of responsibility that we have decided in the best interest of our nation, our passengers and work force, to suspend scheduled flight operations for 23 days effective 23.00hrs on Friday (an hour before midnight on Friday) the 27th day of March, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19.

“This difficult decision was reached in order to not only support the efforts of the federal government and other stakeholders in curbing the spread of this virus in our nation, but also to protect our teeming passengers and our staff from becoming victims of the pandemic,” the airline explained.

Olajide stated that the airline has not recorded the usual passenger traffic in the last three weeks as a result of the coronavirus, so it is therefore, very unwise to continue raking up avoidable costs that the airline can ill -afford.

She added that “the continuation of flight operations in the present circumstances we find ourselves as airlines, can lead to the total collapse of any airline hence the need to quickly stem the rising financial burden and costs of operations.

“While the suspension is on, we are however, willing to do special flights both for the government and our people. Normal scheduled flight operations shall resume on April 20. We regret any inconvenience this decision may have caused our teeming passengers.”