How politics sabotaged Air Peace’s earlier plans for London route

Chief executive officer of Air Peace Allen Onyema on Monday alleged that internal politics by some officials in Muhammadu Buhari's administration sabotaged the airline's earlier efforts to start direct flight operations to the United Kingdom and other European countries. Onyema made the allegation in a TV interview a day after Air Peace completed its…

He said the high airfares being charged by foreign airlines in Nigeria were enabled by internal politics.. “It took us seven years. We got the designation I think about six and a half years ago to go into London. Since then, it has been a cat-and-mouse game.” “My own country denied us, so they threw it back,” Onyema said. They refused, they said until they allowed us to apply. So, we got designation from the Federal government, and the NCAA, under the same Federal Government, was telling us that we should not make any application towards going into the UK.”

“So, we continued this cat and mouse game with the NCAA until Captain Musa Nuhu during his time said enough is now enough. Air Peace must be allowed to go in. When the heat became so much, they told us to prove to them that we would be able to pass the TCO.” Onyema noted that Nigerian airlines and all other businesses need the necessary support they could get from the Federal Government to thrive and contribute to growing the Nigerian economy.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

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