Emirates and Air Peace activate bilateral interline settlement, enhancing seamless world connectivity

Constructing on their current partnership, Emirates, the world’s largest worldwide airline, and Air Peace, West Africa’s largest airline, have activated a bilateral interline settlement, increasing air connectivity between Africa, the UAE, and London.

The settlement presents passengers of each airways frictionless, single-ticket journey and with through-checked baggage, on choose routes, leading to better journey consolation and comfort for purchasers.

Past the 13 cities in Nigeria* already obtainable for Emirates passengers on Air Peace’s community, the improved interline settlement now allows travellers to attach with Banjul in Gambia and Dakar in Senegal, each through Abidjan; and with Freetown in Sierra Leone and Monrovia in Liberia, each through Accra. The extra gateways enable extra passengers in Africa to entry Emirates world-class product and companies, and huge world community.

The settlement permits Air Peace to attach its intensive West and Central African route system into Emirates’ hub in Dubai, and on key locations together with London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted, Abidjan, Accra and, in fact, Lagos. With large demand for journey between Nigeria and the UK,  offering Air Peace passengers with elevated alternative, flexibility, and world attain.

Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Industrial Officer stated, “Enhancing our interline partnership with Air Peace permits us to broaden our footprint throughout extra of Africa, creating new alternatives for individuals to fly higher with Emirates, whereas serving to worldwide vacationers discover extra of the area, through Lagos. We stay dedicated to working with strategic companions resembling Air Peace to additional strengthen Nigeria’s aviation, tourism and commerce sectors.”

Nowel Ngala, Chief Industrial Officer, Air Peace, stated: “This interline settlement with Emirates represents a serious step in Air Peace’s strategic imaginative and prescient to attach Africa extra effectively to world markets. By combining our robust regional presence with Emirates’ intensive worldwide community, we’re delivering seamless connectivity, improved journey expertise, and better entry to key world locations for African travellers. This partnership additional reinforces Air Peace’s function as a important bridge between Africa and the worldwide aviation ecosystem.”

Emirates operates a Boeing 777-300ER on its Dubai-Lagos route, offering travellers with probably the greatest experiences within the sky. Passengers can dine on regionally impressed multi-course menus developed by a crew of award-winning cooks complemented by a big selection of premium drinks, whereas tuning in to over 6,500 channels of world leisure – together with Nollywood classics – on ice, Emirates’ award-winning inflight leisure system. As certainly one of solely two airways working a First Class cabin into Nigeria, Emirates presents an unrivalled journey expertise outlined by consolation, privateness and opulent touches.

With a fleet of over 50 plane together with Boeing 777s, Boeing 737s, Embraers, Air Peace operates an increasing community of home, regional, and worldwide companies, connecting main cities throughout Africa and past. The airline stays dedicated to strengthening intra-African connectivity, supporting commerce and tourism, and contributing meaningfully to financial improvement throughout the continent.

To make the most of Emirates and Air Peace interline, tickets might be booked on emirates.com, flyairpeace.com or through journey brokers.

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* Present locations on Air Peace’s community, obtainable to Emirates passengers, through Lagos: Asaba, Abuja, Akure, Benin Metropolis, Calabar, Enugu, Ilorin, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Warri, Uyo.

About Emirates

Emirates is an award-winning worldwide airline with a worldwide footprint throughout six continents, connecting passengers and facilitating world commerce to and thru its trendy hub, Dubai to over 150 locations. The airline operates one of the vital trendy and environment friendly plane fleet comprised of spacious and cozy Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 plane in addition to the most recent Airbus A350s. With a culturally numerous workforce from over 160 nationalities, Emirates caters to its world buyer base by delivering distinctive companies and world-class merchandise. The airline additionally helps native communities worldwide and brings individuals collectively by its huge portfolio of worldwide sports activities and cultural sponsorships.

About Air Peace

Air Peace is Nigeria’s largest airline, working home, regional, and worldwide companies with a quickly rising fleet and route community throughout Africa, Europe, the Center East, and past. Since its inception, Air Peace has remained centered on serving the Nigerian inhabitants, enhancing regional integration in Africa, selling seamless connectivity on its worldwide routes, whereas on the time positioning Africa extra competitively inside the world aviation market.