Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, has marked a significant milestone with a historic non-stop flight from Nigeria to the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The journey, which departed Abuja on 12 June 2025, underscores the airline’s expanding global ambitions.
A Boeing 777 aircraft, carrying delegates for a Pan-African business conference, completed the ten-hour journey from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre. It represents the first time a Nigerian carrier has landed in St. Kitts and Nevis, solidifying a new direct link between the two regions.
The milestone service was arranged for the Afri-Caribbean Business Expo in the Eastern Caribbean, conveying delegations from Nigeria and underscoring the airline’s growing trajectory and strategic foray into the global market. The conference, curated by Aquarian Consult—an Abuja-based management-consulting and human-capital-development firm—anchors the five-day Afri-Caribbean Business Expo (ACBE), running from 12 to 17 June 2025 in Basseterre. The expo is the direct follow-up to Aquarian Consult’s inaugural Africa-Caribbean Investment Summit (AACIS 2025), held in March 2025, where the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, a full ministerial delegation, and former President of Mauritius, H.E. Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, convened with other distinguished guests. At AACIS ’25, two memoranda of understanding—one in agriculture and one in the creative economy—were signed, laying the cornerstone for a transatlantic bridge that the ACBE now seeks to strengthen.
Delegates in Basseterre include representatives of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), alongside St Kitts and Nevis’s Ministries of Agriculture and Small Business, Creative Economy, and Sports. Their shared mandate: foster deeper trade and investment ties between Africa and the Caribbean and turn signed agreements into tangible projects.
This latest achievement is Air Peace’s third foray into the Caribbean within five years. In December 2020, the airline inaugurated the first non-stop service between Nigeria and Jamaica with a flight to Montego Bay. This was followed in August 2023 by a flight to Antigua and Barbuda, making Air Peace the first Nigerian airline to land in the twin-island nation. The St. Kitts and Nevis service now completes a trio of pioneering direct connections to the Caribbean.
The flight highlights the capabilities of Air Peace’s Boeing 777 fleet, which also supports its daily Lagos-London Gatwick schedule, a route launched earlier this year on 30 March 2025.
Dr. Allen Onyema, Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, has previously indicated plans for further expansion, including additional long-haul aircraft to bolster the Abuja-London route and introduce services to Houston and New York.
The airline’s motto, “Nigeria to the world—no stops, no limits,” reflects its strategic drive to transform from a regional player into a global aviation contender, leveraging Nigeria’s position as Africa’s most populous nation.
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