Air Peace disputes NCAA report on 1,330 delayed flights
Air Peace has challenged a flight delay report published by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), describing the figures attributed to the airline as inaccurate and lacking sufficient context.
The NCAA, in its August 2026 summary of domestic airline operations, reported that Air Peace recorded 1,330 delayed flights out of 1,864 services operated during the month. The report did not provide a breakdown of the causes of the delays.
Air Peace, however, disputed the figures, saying it operated 2,564 flights during August – 700 more than the number contained in the regulator’s report.
In a statement signed by its Chief Operating Officer, Oluwatoyin Olajide, the airline said the discrepancy had distorted its performance figures and resulted in a higher reported proportion of delayed flights.
According to the airline, the NCAA’s data also failed to distinguish between delays caused by its own operations and those resulting from circumstances beyond its control.
Air Peace said an internal review found that 391 flights, representing about 15% of its total flights during the month, were delayed by factors it considered within its control.
It identified technical problems, including unscheduled aircraft maintenance and fuel-related issues, among the internal causes.
The airline attributed other disruptions to airport congestion, air traffic, adverse weather, bird strikes, failures of airport facilities, aircraft damage by a ground handling company and industrial action by aviation workers.
Air Peace said industrial action beginning on 11 August disrupted its operations for more than two weeks, resulting in flight rescheduling, delays and cancellations.
The airline also questioned why the NCAA’s monthly publication series began with August rather than July and raised concerns about how quickly the August figures were released.
“Why was this report published rapidly without identifying the causes of the delays attributed to individual airlines instead of publishing wrong figures that could tarnish the reputation of the airline despite prevailing operational challenges?” the company said.
Air Peace maintained that attributing the majority of the disruptions directly to the airline did not reflect the operating conditions during the period.
It said it had continued to invest in aircraft, crew availability, training and maintenance while acknowledging the need to improve its internal processes.
The airline urged the NCAA to review its data collection and reporting methodology to ensure future publications accurately capture the number of flights operated and distinguish between the different causes of delays.
The NCAA figures and Air Peace’s counter-figures represent competing accounts of the airline’s August operations and would require underlying operational records to independently establish the discrepancy.