The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority has written Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority stating Air Peace has reportedly violated some aviation safety regulations
The development came barely three months after the Nigerian carrier commenced the Lagos-London route.
Two mandatory occurrence reports on Air Peace had been reportedly sent to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. The UK CAA, in turn, forwarded the complaints to the NCAA.
The UK CAA’s letter of complaint forwarded to NCAA was entitled; ‘United Kingdom SAFA Ramp Inspection Report with reference number: CAA-UK, -2024-0217’ and ‘NATS Management System Safety Report.’
The NCAA has also written to Air Peace to provide clarification on the issues.
The letter, with reference number: NCAA/DOLTS/APL/Vol.11/03624 was titled, “United Kingdom SAFA Ramp Inspection Report; and dated May 14, 2024, and signed by the NCAA General Manager of Operations, Capt. O.O. Lawani.
In the letter, the NCAA said the UK CAA had drawn its attention to the no operational approval of Electronic Flight Bag functions affecting the safe operation of the aircraft, while adding that the captain of the flight admitted that an Electronic Flight Bag was being used for navigational purposes.
NCAA further noted that the CAA stated in its letter that there was “no mounting device for the use of EFB, no charging points or battery for backup.”
Air Peace recently commenced operation to London Gatwick from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos under the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, which Nigeria has with the UK.
Air Peace has yet to address the issue in the Press.
Meanwhile, Air Peace has been grappling with peculiar issues since it launched its Lagos-London operations.
On May 15, the airline, via its official X handle @flyairpeace had posted:
NOTICE ON LONDON FLIGHT AVAILABILITY
It has come to our attention that customers are experiencing challenges when attempting to book London flights on our platforms, as they keep getting a ‘fully booked’ error notification.
We wish to assure the flying public that our Lagos-London-Lagos flights are not fully booked as our IT Team is actively investigating this issue.
We have multiple flight schedules across our entire route network- domestic, regional and international destinations.
Also, in response to increased demand, we have augmented our capacity and the flying public should go ahead to book their tickets via our website or through authorised travel agents.
SIGNED
MANAGEMENT
