Vice President Kashim Shettima has promised to meet with key stakeholders to resolve the bureaucratic challenges denying Nigerian airline, Air Peace, landing rights at Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic.
“It is diplomacy. There is no quarrel, and the Vice President has vowed to meet with his colleagues (on the matter),” founder and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, told State House Correspondents after a meeting between Shettima and Airline Operators of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The PUNCH earlier reported that Air Peace’s efforts to get a slot at Heathrow, which is about 45 minutes from the heart of London, have been futile.
Although Heathrow is the UK’s primary airport, Air Peace operates from Gatwick Airport, a secondary airport.
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