{"id":5291,"date":"2026-05-26T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:35:28","slug":"pioneer-airlines-commences-maiden-flight-to-yenagoa-douye-diri-says-its-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/pioneer-airlines-commences-maiden-flight-to-yenagoa-douye-diri-says-its-a-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Airlines commences maiden flight to Yenagoa….Douye Diri says its a dream come true"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, May 25, 2026, Pioneer Airlines commenced non-scheduled flight operations with one of the aircraft acquired by the Bayelsa State government, an ATR 72-600.<\/p>\n

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Gov Diri and Seiyefa after the inauguration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The historic flight into the world of commercial aviation was flown by Captain M. Ibrahim and First Officer Joyce, a female co-pilot, in the cockpit.<\/p>\n

The aircraft taxied off the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 11:00hrs and, following clearance from the control tower, was airborne at 11:10hrs en route the Bayelsa International Airport.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, on board the air-bird was the Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri, who was Passenger 1A.<\/p>\n

Seated with him in the cabin were a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gabriel Onyenwife, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters 1, High Chief Collins Cocodia, and five of the governor\u2019s aides.<\/p>\n

After a very comforting one hour and five minutes experience in the air, the plane touched down at the Bayelsa airport at 12:15hrs.<\/p>\n

Significantly, the partnership with Pioneer Airlines kickstarts Bayelsa\u2019s foray into commercial aviation and another opportunity to expand the state\u2019s internally generated revenue base.<\/p>\n

An impressed Governor Diri expressed confidence in the airline\u2019s ability and capacity to deliver quality services while looking forward to a robust and rewarding partnership with the state.<\/p>\n

This truly exciting new journey is yet another affirmation of Governor Diri\u2019s visionary leadership that is anchored on an unyielding commitment to positively changing the Bayelsa story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, May 25, 2026, Pioneer Airlines commenced non-scheduled flight operations with one of the aircraft acquired by the Bayelsa State government, an ATR 72-600. The historic flight into the world of commercial aviation was flown by Captain M. Ibrahim and First Officer Joyce, a female co-pilot, in the cockpit. The aircraft taxied off the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[2209,2208,1154,2210,2207,1825],"class_list":["post-5291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feature","tag-a-female-co-pilot","tag-captain-m-ibrahim-and-first-officer-joyce","tag-governor-of-bayelsa-state","tag-high-chief-collins-cocodia","tag-pioneer-airlines","tag-sen-douye-diri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5296,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5291\/revisions\/5296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}