Travelport, a leading global travel content provider, has signed a multi-year agreement with Air Peace Limited, Nigeria’s largest airline, to expand the carrier’s content availability and strengthen its global reach.
The strategic partnership will enable Air Peace to distribute its full content across Central and West Africa, as well as key international markets, through Travelport’s advanced retailing and digital platform, Travelport+.
This means hundreds of thousands of travel agencies worldwide will now have access to Air Peace’s passenger and charter services, including flights to the Middle East, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom.
Chief Commercial Officer at Travelport,
Damian Hickey, said: “We are delighted to expand our partnership with Air Peace. Air Peace is a strategically important airline in West and Central Africa.
“This agreement strengthens our content offering in these key markets while enabling Air Peace to extend its global reach and deliver enhanced, branded content to travel agencies worldwide.”
Chief Commercial Officer of Air Peace,
Nowel Ngala,described the deal as a key milestone for the airline. He said: “This partnership with Travelport marks an important milestone in Air Peace’s growth and international expansion strategy.
“As Nigeria’s and West Africa’s largest airline, we are focused on ensuring our services are easily accessible to travel agencies globally. Travelport’s extensive reach and modern technology platform will support our ambition to grow sales, enhance customer experience, and strengthen our presence in key international markets.”
The agreement reflects a growing trend among airlines in emerging markets to adopt modern retailing and distribution technologies. These platforms not only extend global reach but also improve visibility with travel agencies and provide opportunities for airlines to effectively showcase their products and brand.
Air Peace operates a growing fleet of Boeing 777s, Boeing 737s, and Embraer aircraft, servicing domestic, regional, and international routes.
The expanded collaboration with Travelport is expected to support the airline’s continued growth and help position Nigeria as a leading aviation hub in Africa.
Travelport, headquartered in London and operating in over 180 countries, powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide through its next-generation marketplace, Travelport+. The platform simplifies how travel brands connect, modernizes the selling of travel, and enables digital retailing at scale.
With this agreement, Travelport further consolidates its strong footprint in Africa, catering to airlines prioritising distribution platforms that combine wide agency reach with next-generation retailing standards.
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