Following a series of historic direct flights from Nigeria to China,
India and Israel by Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading air carrier, the
people of Anambra State have described the airline’s chairman, Allen
Onyeama, as “Nigeria’s greatest unofficial ambassador whose preeminent
role in Nigeria’s rebranding in the comity of nations is appreciated
by all and sundry.
In a statement in Awka, the National President of the Association of
Anambra Town Unions, ASATU, Chief Alex Onukwue, said that the Air
Peace chairman deserves the highest national honour which can be
bestowed on a private individual not just in appreciation of the
heroic efforts of Chief Onyema but also to inspire other Nigerians to
become world class role models.
The statement noted that Air Peace flew three hundred and twelve
Indian nationals on its B777 aircraft direct from Murtala Mohammed
International Airport in Lagos to Kochi in India nonstop for ten
hours, two days ago, an event which New Delhi celebrated for its
historical value as the first direct flight between Nigeria and India.
The carrier had also lifted three hundred and one Chinese from Lagos
to Guangzhou in a direct deal with the Chinese government.
The statement stated that the indigenous carrier had also taken two
hundred and seventy-four Israelis in Nigeria home through Ben Gurion
International Airport in Tel Aviv in the wake of the Covid-19
pandemic.
Chief Onukwue in the statement said that Anambra people are delighted
that the Israeli government, perhaps the most security conscious
government trusted Air Peace to fly hundreds of its valued citizens
home.
According to the statement, he has made it clear that the major
reasons for his involvement are to give the country world class flight
services and to provide jobs for the teeming youths and professionals
generally.
It stated that Air Peace has trained hundreds of Nigerians,
regardless of their ethnicity or religion, in different countries of
the world, and they are today gainfully employed as pilots,
aeronautical engineers and others.
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