Air Peace Management has strongly asserted that all 264 passengers recently transported to Saudi Arabia had meticulously verified visas, despite the subsequent revocation of visas for 177 of them by foreign authorities.
In response to Saudi Arabia’s assertion that passengers provided incorrect visa information, Air Peace emphasized its status as a scheduled operator, granting the flexibility to accommodate various visa categories.
Oluwatoyin Olajide, the Chief Operating Officer of Air Peace, issued a comprehensive statement addressing the matter.
According to Olajide, the verification process involved utilizing the visa confirmation platform provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia.
This platform confirmed the validity of each passenger’s visa before they were allowed to check-in for the flight.
The airline stated unequivocally that all 264 passengers had undergone a thorough vetting process, and their visas were duly verified, confirmed, and accepted as authentic for the journey through the visa portal provided by Saudi Arabian authorities.
The airline insisted that if there were any issues with the visas, passengers would not have been permitted to depart from Nigeria.
Highlighting a two-step process, Air Peace elaborated on the use of the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) to determine passenger admissibility.
The APIS facilitated a live transmission of passenger details from Air Peace’s reservation system to the Saudi Arabia National Travel Security Centre Carrier Portal before departure. The purpose was to assess the admissibility or otherwise of each passenger.
Contrary to the subsequent claim by Saudi authorities of providing incorrect information, Air Peace clarified that no cancellation notifications were received against these passengers.
The airline’s statement aims to affirm the thoroughness of their pre-flight procedures and adherence to regulatory protocols.
