Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, has airlifted 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China.
The airline took off about 10: 00 pm Nigerian time on Thursday and arrived at about 1:15 pm Nigerian time on Friday.
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The Nigeria carrier was also the airline that evacuated
Israelis living in Nigeria late March and has been contacted by other countries
for evacuation operations.
Spokesman of the airline, Stanley Olisa confirmed the
successful flight and said, Air Peace on Thursday, May 28, 2020, operated its
second flight to China as “we evacuated 301 Chinese nationals back to their
country. The flight departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos
at exactly 22:05hrs to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China. Countries
have been contacting us to evacuate their citizens.”
Air Peace said it deployed its Boeing 777 aircraft with the
registration number 5N-BWI for the evacuation exercise.
The Regional Airport Manager, South West, Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Victoria Shin-Aba said the flight: P47807
pushed back from the Echo terminal of MMIA at 21:40hrs with 325 souls on board
– 301 Chinese evacuees and 24 crewmembers.
She explained that all relevant government agencies like
FAAN, Nigeria Immigration Service, Port Health Services officials and others
were fully on ground to the success of the evacuation exercise.
Air Peace is slated to carry out more evacuation operations
for other nationals living in Nigeria, as the airline and other domestic
operators gear up to resume scheduled flight operations soon.
There are indications that commercial flight operations
would resume early June, as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has
started auditing airlines in preparation for scheduled passenger service.