Air Peace Secures Brazilian Approval for Scheduled Direct Flights

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace, has received approval from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to operate scheduled international air services to and from the South American nation.

The Brazilian approval comes as Air Peace accelerates its international expansion drive. The airline has, since last year, applied to the Canadian and United States authorities for landing permits for scheduled operations into Toronto and New York, respectively, and is almost concluding plans to resume operations into Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Guangzhou, China.

The airline has equally concluded plans to do three weekly flights into Manchester in the United Kingdom, while further extending its reach across Africa, Europe, North America, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South America

Air Peace recently announced the launch of services to Libreville, Gabon; Conakry, Guinea; Bamako, Mali; and Douala, Cameroon, scheduled to commence on August 1, further strengthening its position as Nigeria’s leading international carrier.

The Brazilian approval, set out in ANAC Ordinance No. 19.449/2026, authorises Air Peace to operate regular passenger, cargo, and mail services between Brazil and destinations within its network, paving the way for a Nigerian airline to establish direct air connectivity between Nigeria and Brazil.

The airline’s expanding international network already includes London, United Kingdom; Barbados in the Caribbean; and major West African destinations such as Accra, Ghana; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Dakar, Senegal; Banjul, The Gambia; Monrovia, Liberia; and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

A direct Nigeria-Brazil service promises to transform travel, trade, and cultural exchanges between both countries. Like the airline’s Barbados route, the Brazil service is expected to reduce travel time from nearly two days, often involving multiple stopovers, to about seven hours on a direct flight, creating fresh opportunities for tourism, investment, business and people-to-people connections.

Beyond passenger transportation, the authorisation is expected to boost cargo operations and deepen economic cooperation between Nigeria, Brazil, and the wider South American region. Given the longstanding historical, cultural, and commercial ties between the two countries, direct air connectivity has long been regarded as a missing link in bilateral relations.

With Brazil now added to its growing portfolio of international destinations and several strategic routes on the horizon, Air Peace has taken another major step towards its vision of becoming Africa’s preferred airline and a respected global aviation brand.

Wole Shadare