West and Central Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace, has drawn a brand-new arc across the Atlantic.
The airline said that on June 12, 2025, it deployed one of its Boeing 777 aircraft, which lifted off from Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and, 10 unbroken hours later, touched down at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre—marking the first-ever Nigerian dateline on St. Kitts & Nevis’s arrivals board.
The milestone service, arranged for a Pan-African business conference in the Eastern Caribbean, carried delegations from Nigeria, thereby underscoring the airline’s growing trajectory and strategic foray into the global market.
The St. Kitts & Nevis flight is the airline’s third foray into the Caribbean in five years.
Recall that on December 21, 2020, the carrier operated an 11-hour flight from Lagos to Montego Bay, establishing the first nonstop link between Nigeria and Jamaica, and showcasing the long-range potential of Air Peace’s then-new triple-seven fleet.
On August 5 2023, another Boeing 777 carried investors and carnival-goers from Lagos to V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua & Barbuda, earning Air Peace the distinction of being the first Nigerian airline to land in the twin-island state.
With the June 12, 2025 service to St. Kitts & Nevis, the airline has completed a triad of firsts, establishing direct access to three key Caribbean territories.
The flight relied on one of Air Peace’s two Boeing 777 aircraft, which also sustain the airline’s daily Lagos–London Gatwick schedule launched on 30 March 2024—another historic achievement for a private Nigerian carrier.
Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Dr. Allen Onyema, has hinted that more long-haul aircraft are on the way.
In April 2024, Onyema said that the airline is finalising acquisitions that will underpin the Abuja–London route, as well as planned services to Houston and New York.
With the St. Kitts success logged, there is a resounding theme from Air Peace: “Nigeria to the world—no stops, no limits.” The Abuja–St. Kitts flight is more than a one-off achievement; it is another proof-point in Air Peace’s steady bid to transform from a regional champion into a global contender, carried aloft on the wings of Africa’s most populous nation.
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