Air Peace travellers will now be able to fly to Mumbai through Lagos from Kano, Monrovia, Abuja, Accra, Port Harcourt, and Douala.
Increase in airfare is the result of hike in price of aviation fuel, high cost of facility maintenance and depreciation of Nigeria’s currency.
Nigerian airlines recently warned about major disruptions of flights due to scarcity of aviation fuel.
In a statement announcing the new routes on Tuesday in Lagos, the airline said that flight operations to Israel were also underway.
The president also appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike.
NIA says insurance companies in the country have the capacity to handle liabilities arising from the risk involved in any sector of the economy.
“We have only three more days, all airlines in Nigeria will shut down,” Mr Onyema said.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) blamed “systemic” issues, the unavailability and the ever-rising cost of aviation fuel, JetA1, among crises plaguing airlines.
With this many sovereigns, folks may be forgiven for wondering whether Nigeria is capable of forging a country.
The second batch of returnees are made up of 180 adults and three infants.
