Air Peace commences direct international flights to Israel November

Air Peace has indicated readiness to commence international flight operations from Nigeria to Israel.

The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, in a statement by the Media Executive, Stanley Olisa,  in Lagos on Saturday, affirmed Air Peace arrangements to begin direct flight operations from Nigeria to Israel.

Onyema, during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Yakubu Pam, in Abuja, also disclosed that direct flights from Nigeria to Israel would be launched at the end of November,

Olisa indicated in the statement, that Pam revealed the flight operations when hosting the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, and Onyema in his office in Abuja.

According to Olisa,  Rev Yakubu Pam, stated: “having a direct flight to Israel by a Nigerian airline will curtail the issue of high expenditure and reduce absconding.

“Our joy is that our own person, a Nigerian, will be the first to have this opportunity to airlift pilgrims directly to Israel.”

The NCPC Executive Secretary also noted that direct flight operations would drastically reduce the cost of flight.