‘Air Peace Loses N3bn To Grounded Aircraft’
Chairman of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema has recounted a loss to the tune of 3b in 24 hours resulting in disruption to the airline flight schedules.
Onyema disclosed this to the newsmen while inspecting the affected aircraft at the Murtala Mohammad Airport (MMA) domestic terminal, Lagos.
Recall that two aircraft belonging to Air Peace airline collided at the domestic terminal of the Lagos airport while being pulled out of the ramp while another one was hit by a truck belonging to the ground handling company, SAHCOL in Benin Airport.
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According to Onyema, who blamed the incident on the rowdiness at the airport’s ramp where over 30 aircraft on ground were haphazardly packed, said one of the damaged aircraft is a winglet aircraft with a wing costing $650,000, adding the company would be requiring over $300m to fix the aircraft.
The Air Peace boss who apologized to passengers for the inconveniences caused by the developments said the airline had begun move to fix the aircraft.
