Comedian and filmmaker AY Makun has praised Air Peace for supporting Nigerian entertainment and other homegrown brands, after the airline became involved with his upcoming AY Live UK Tour. In a recent social-media video, AY thanked the airline for its support, while fans also applauded the partnership.
Who: AY Makun and Air Peace
What: AY publicly praised the airline for supporting his UK entertainment project.
When: The comments were shared online in August 2026.
Where: The partnership is connected to AY's UK tour.
Source: A video shared on social media and subsequently reposted by entertainment platforms.
Key detail: Air Peace is identified in the promotional material as the official airline of the AY Live UK Tour.
AY Makun is giving Air Peace its flowers for what he describes as consistent support for Nigerian brands. In a recently circulated video, the comedian thanked the Nigerian airline for supporting his plans to take AY Live to the United Kingdom, with promotional material identifying Air Peace as the tour's official airline.
The message was simple: AY said he was receiving Air Peace's support to make the UK project happen and expressed his appreciation to the airline. Fans responding to the video also praised the partnership, framing it as an example of a Nigerian company backing Nigerian entertainment.
The collaboration is notable because airline sponsorship can do more than put a logo on an event poster. For an international comedy tour, an airline partner can become part of the practical infrastructure behind moving performers, crew and production around — while the entertainment brand gives the airline visibility among Nigerians and African audiences abroad.
There is also a cultural point worth noticing here. Nigerian entertainment has increasingly become an export: comedians, musicians, actors and live-event promoters now routinely build audiences outside the country. When Nigerian companies participate in that ecosystem, the relationship is less about simply "supporting celebrities" and more about Nigerian businesses appearing alongside Nigerian creative products in international markets.
Air Peace has previously been involved in Nigerian entertainment partnerships. For example, the airline was named the official airline sponsor of the One Africa Music Fest, connecting its brand to an African music platform with international editions.
Air Peace has positioned itself as a Nigerian airline with an increasingly visible role in international travel and African entertainment. Its chairman, Allen Onyema, has also publicly described job creation and contributing to Nigeria as part of the motivation behind establishing the airline.
For AY, meanwhile, international touring is part of the natural expansion of a career that has already moved well beyond stand-up comedy. He has built a profile around comedy, film and live entertainment, and was recognised by Chude Jideonwo's 2023 "Most Interesting People in the Culture" list.
The Air Peace partnership therefore fits a larger relationship between Nigeria's creative economy and businesses trying to reach Nigerians and Africans across borders.
The interesting part of this story is not simply that a comedian thanked an airline. It is the business relationship underneath it: a Nigerian entertainment property travelling internationally with a Nigerian airline attached to the journey.
That kind of partnership can give Nigerian brands something difficult to manufacture through advertising alone — a place inside the cultural experiences Nigerians are already choosing to participate in abroad.
Do you think more Nigerian companies should invest directly in taking local entertainment brands into international markets?
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