Nigeria's Lagos-London Air Peace flight turned back mid-air on Wednesday after Algerian airspace authorities blocked the route over a permit dispute. The issue was resolved. The flight departed that evening.

Air Peace confirmed that its scheduled Lagos-London Gatwick service on 13 May was forced to return to Lagos after encountering what it called "enroute access issues" with the airspace authorities of an African country. That country was later identified as Algeria. The plane turned around mid-flight, returned safely, and the airline rescheduled while resolving the clearance issue with Algerian aviation authorities.

By Thursday evening the flight had departed.

Think about what that flight represents. Nigeria has a direct air route to London now. An airline that did not exist on that route two years ago. A plane that takes off from Lagos and lands at Gatwick without a transfer, without the indignity of routing through a European hub to reach a city where hundreds of thousands of Nigerians live. That matters to real people. It costs less. It takes less time. It removes one more obstacle between Nigeria and somewhere many Nigerians need to reach.

A permit mix-up on the African continent interrupted it for less than a day. Then it fixed itself and flew.

That's the story. It ends well. Carry that one into the weekend.