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Air Peace blames Jet A1 shortage and weather for Abuja flight disruptions
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Air Peace Limited is a privately owned Nigerian airline founded in 2014 with its head office in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and the largest airline of Nigeria and West Africa. Air Peace, which provides passenger and charter services, serves the major cities of Nigeria and flies to several West African destinations, the Middle East, the Caribbean and UK. The airline also established a subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper, in 2018.
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Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As the seat of the Federal Government of Nigeria, it hosts key national institutions, landmarks, and buildings spread across its over 50 districts. It replaced Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991.
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By Dickson Omobola Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, has said its operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, were disrupted due to the unavailability of Jet A1, also known as aviation fuel. The clarification came as reports and footage circulated across the media and social media, showing some passengers…
The airline said passengers were provided with refreshments and hotel accommodation after the service could not operate before Maiduguri airport’s night operating window ended.
Air Peace Limited has attributed the flight disruptions experienced at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to the unavailability of Jet A1 aviation fuel and subsequent operational restrictions that prevented its Abuja–Maiduguri service from operating as scheduled. The airline, in a statement issued by its…