West and Central Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace, airlifted 55,821,258 passengers in the last eight years of its inception, with plans to increase more fleet and routes in 2023.

This is as the airline said it is commited to providing seamless domestic, regional and international connectivity to its passengers from Nigerian and other African countries as it undertakes its strategic route expansion, increases network options and modernizes its fleet.

The passenger figures over the years are: 2014 – 52,859; 2015: 661,875; 2016: 1,832,526; 2017: 3,538,102; 2018: 6,060,329; 2019: 8,491,758; 2020: 9,634,235; 2021: 11,446,556; and 2022: 14,103,018.

Air Peace currently has 38 aircraft and and expects 8 brand new Embraer 195-E2s from its 2019 firm order and an additional 15 brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 and 10 order, as it plans to strengthen its operations. Air Peace also expects some of its aircraft to undergo maintenance overseas starting the second quarter of 2023.

“To achieve this, we strategically invested in the right kind of aircraft, factoring business sustainability and customer experience while also hiring and training the best technical manpower to drive the process,”Oluwatoyin Olajide, the Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace said.

Among new international planned routes include London, Israel, India, Congo Kinshasa, Togo and Malabo while Accra, Monrovia, Freetown, Banjul and Dakar routes will see more frequency.

Air Peace currently has 20 domestic routes, seven regional routes and 3 international destinationsserved by a fleet comprising of Boeing 777, Boeing 737, Embraer 195-E2, Airbus 320, ERJ 145 and Dornier 328 Jets.

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