{"id":76419,"date":"2025-10-10T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76419"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:26:47","slug":"air-peace-launches-abuja-london-flights-october-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/10\/air-peace-launches-abuja-london-flights-october-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Peace Launches Abuja-London Flights October 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Air Peace Airlines will begin direct flights from Abuja to London\u2019s Heathrow and Gatwick airports on October 26, 2025, expanding its international operations beyond the Lagos-London route.<\/p>\n<p>The airline said the new service will enhance travel options for Nigerians and offer return tickets from \u20a61 million-significantly lower than fares by foreign carriers.<\/p>\n<p>The routes will be operated with its recently acquired Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Air Peace Chairman\/CEO, Chief Allen Onyema, credited the expansion to the support of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration, the British government, and Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo for securing Heathrow slots.<\/p>\n<p>Onyema also revealed plans to launch direct flights from Lagos to S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, and Antigua and Barbuda soon.<\/p>\n<p>Industry experts hailed the move as a milestone for Nigerian aviation, boosting competition, lowering fares, and showcasing Air Peace as a growing global player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; Air Peace Airlines will begin direct flights from Abuja to London\u2019s Heathrow and Gatwick airports on October 26, 2025, expanding its international operations beyond the Lagos-London route. The airline said the new service will enhance travel options for Nigerians and offer return tickets from \u20a61 million-significantly lower than fares by foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":76420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76421,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76419\/revisions\/76421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}