By Audrey Lotechukwu–theG&BJournal
THUR, APRIL 09 2020-theG&BJournal- The flight was operated by the airline’s Boeing B777-200 ER (P4 5-NBVE) in a non-stop 14 hours service, which landed in Beijing, China at 14:18 pm local time on Tuesday, the first time a Nigerian airline would be doing a direct nonstop 14 hours flight to China.
The flight arrived back to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Wednesday after 15 hours non-stop flight, touching down at the airport at 4:25 pm local time with 16-tons of test kits, ventilators, disinfectant machines, disposable medical masks; medicines, rubber gloves, protective gowns, goggles, face shields, infra-red thermometers and other critical care items, the second batch of medical supplies and personnel from China
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Allen Onyema described the flight as historic and commended the Federal Government for its commitment to protecting Nigerian citizens from the dreaded COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak.
Onyema also thanked the Federal Government for choosing an indigenous carrier to airlift the medical supplies from Turkey and China, observing that this is a huge encouragement to local airline operators and promotion of indigenous businesses, which create jobs for the teeming Nigerian youths.
The Federal Government on April 5 delivered the first batch of medical supplies from Istanbul, Turkey, airlifted by Nigeria’s carrier Air Peace.
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