The management of Air Peace has confirmed that it would evacuate the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa on Tuesday. The...
The management of Air Peace has confirmed that it would
evacuate the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa on Tuesday.
The airline said the
flight is expected to arrive Lagos from OR Tambo International Airport at 7:00
pm Tuesday.
Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, who said that
the flight would leave Nigeria after mid night on Tuesday and arrive South
Africa in the morning but would depart South Africa mid day back to Lagos.
Onyema also disclosed that, out of over 600 Nigerians that
are willing to come, 360 of them have been cleared for the evacuation.
He however, said the airline would airlift 320 in the second
batch, which is the capacity of the aircraft, Boeing 777 deployed for the
flight.
It was learnt that despite the peace moves by President
Cyril Ramaphosa to apologise to African countries over the Xenophobic attacks
in his country, many Nigerians were still willing to return home.
A source said many people were not certain of their safety
in South Africa hence, their resolve to come home, taking advantage of the
opportunity provided by Air Peace.
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