Air Peace has announced that starting on August 22, 2022, it would stop operating flights to Johannesburg.
This was said in a statement the airline sent on Monday.
Flights to the South African city will not resume until October 8, 2022, according to the airline.
The airline claims that the decision was unavoidable due to the company’s passenger load declining as a result of the delays in the issue of South African visas to travelers.
“We hereby inform the flying public that effective from August 22, 2022, our Johannesburg flight operations will be suspended till October 8, 2022,” Air Peace said.
“This development is regretted but has become inevitable due to the delayed issuance of South African visas to travellers, worsening forex crunch, and the increasing cost of aviation fuel as well as its scarcity.
“However, having informed the South African high commission in Lagos of the effects of the difficulty in getting SA visas by Nigerians, which consequence is the abysmally low passenger loads on our flights to and from Johannesburg, we believe that the situation will have improved within the next 60 days. Hence, our willingness to resume operations on the October 8, 2022.”
Air Peace added that impacted passengers can choose to reschedule their flights to depart before August 22, 2022, or as early as October 9, 2022.
It further stated that customers might contact the @flyairpeace call line to get a refund.
Air Peace apologized for any inconveniences created and promised to keep the public informed as things got better.
Numerous issues, such as the pain of rising aviation fuel prices and the deepening FX shortage, are hurting operations and driving up the cost of flying for airlines in Nigeria.
