Max Air has confirmed that beginning from today (Wednesday), it would commence the evacuation of Nigerians who had to flee the Russia-Ukraine war.
But Air Peace said it had not started the evacuation process, stressing that this would be made public soon.
The Max Air’s General Manager, Operations, Raymond Omodiagbe, told reporters that the Federal Government had requested the airline to carry out the task and that the carrier was set to begin.
He said, “We have been assigned and we are on it. We’ve been airlifting pilgrims to Hajj and doing chartered operations for many years. So we are not new to this.
“So understand that we have been commissioned and we will depart tomorrow (Wednesday). We are operating tomorrow and it is to start bringing in the people.”
Asked to state the number of flights or aeroplanes that would be deployed for the operation, Omodiagbe replied, “We are doing it one at a time.”
When asked to state when Air Peace would start evacuating Nigerians as required by the Federal Government, a spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, said it would be communicated soon.
“We have not started but specifics will be disclosed soon,” he said.
