By Akin Kola-Akinlade
That Air Peace has graciously taken the bull by its horns with the launch of the Lagos to London route is a self-evident truth. Also, that earnest cerebral work through oxygenated thinking by the management and staff has begun should leave no one in doubt.
Now, decisions will have to be taken swiftly, and fast. Personnel must be guided by organizational policy that should be very dynamic. Tons of issues will arise that would require Initiative even at the level of supervisors whose circumstances will more often compel them to make prompt decisions that must be good for the company and satisfying to the consumers.
R-L: Engr Benedict Adeyileka, Former Ag DG, NCAA. Barrister Allen Onyema, Chairman, Air Peace, Obi Cubana, Barrister Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, and another friend in the B777 cabin before takeoff from MMIA, Lagos, March 30, 2024.
Knowing that British government officials are hostile, their private business concerns are also similar. Forget their sheepish grinning seen outside, they are all ears for an axe to grind with a business, not theirs. Moreover, when exhibiting such candour as seen in Air Peace, and in the Nigerian government’s implicit support, they will deem as effrontery competing with them. Malice, mischief no doubt is covered with a thin veneer of grinning.
Hence, eternal vigilance by the entire Air Peace workforce, especially those on the Nigeria-London service, from the smallest to the Chairman, is highly imperative. Be sure the airline traducers who claimed to have received too many reminders and said they needed none any longer but refused to accede to the lawful request and reminders in the letters are not through with you.
L-R: Mrs Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Mrs Alice Onyema, Barrister Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace Airline at MMIA, Lagos during the ceremony preceding the inaugural flight to London
Just as the scriptures warned first-century Christians not to lower their guards for they were surrounded by enemies, ditto for Nigeria’s Flag Carrier to London, Air Peace. Hence, the airline should leave no stone unturned to be found irreprehensible.
Air Peace The Catalyst To London Route Fare Crash
When the British government through its agents warned Air Peace management against sending in reminder letters on its request, part of their hate is what has happened to the cutthroat fare erstwhile imposed on Nigerians.
Should Air Peace remain complacent and not press for its right under the existing Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, our traducers will still feel cool, normal, and calm, with 21 frequencies and no single frequency from Nigeria.
This to the Brits is good business to people with about 68 million population {UK population 2022} but had no scruples denying a nation with over 220 million population their rights as jointly agreed.
