‘Delays in renewing visas for pilots’ — Air Peace speaks on recent flight disruptions

Air Peace says the recent flight disruptions experienced by customers were due to unscheduled aircraft maintenance and straits in renewing immigration documents for pilots.

In a statement on Tuesday, Air Peace said prolonged efforts made by its pilots in renewing their work permits and visas, caused recent “chain of delays” in local flights.

The aviation company assured customers that the issues have been fixed, and that flights would begin proper operations within three days. 

“We apologise to our esteemed customers who have experienced delays in their well-planned flights these past couple of days,” the statement reads.

“The disruption of these flights were as a result of unscheduled aircraft maintenance and largely by delays in renewing work permit/visas for many of our expatriate pilots which have led to a chain of delays and cancellations across our local flight operations.

“We thank the Nigerian Immigration Service for their swift intervention and cooperation as the visas have now been granted.

“The pilots have started returning from their countries from today. Normalcy is assured within the next 72 hours.”

Air Peace also said it regrets the inconveniences caused and assured that it was taking to mitigate effects of the delays.

“We are doing everything possible to minimise the effect of these disruptions,” the airline said.

“Air Peace is strongly committed to safety and will never compromise established standards.”