Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- The minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that Nigeria has finally secured a landing slot for Air Peace at London Heathrow Airport.

Mr Keyamo disclosed this on Monday on his X and Facebook handles, noting that the breakthrough followed several months of diplomatic engagements.

"After several months of diplomatic exchanges with my British counterpart, we finally secured the much-coveted Heathrow Airport slot for one of our flag carrier, Air Peace. Yesterday, we launched the maiden flight from Abuja to Heathrow with all the accompanying fanfare, both in Abuja and upon arrival at Heathrow," he wrote.

The development comes nineteen months after Air Peace began its London operations...