Air Nigeria (in origine conosciuta come Virgin Nigeria) apre nelle prossime settimane il volo Lagos-Londra Gatwick e Johannseburg. Il CEO della compagnia ha comunicato che a seguire dalla metà di giugno Roma e Parigi dovrebbero seguire in Europa oltre ad altre nuove in Africa grazie al potenziamento della flotta.
Air Nigeria Set For International Route Operations
Two years after business mogul, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim acquired Virgin Nigeria and turned it to Air Nigeria, a successful turnaround of the fortunes of the airline has been completed with the airline set to commence International flight operations.
At a parley with media executives in Lagos at the weekend, Chief Ibrahim said the airline would start operating on international routes with two brand new aircraft on May 16.
He said the airline would launch its Lagos-London route on May 16 while another flight from Lagos to Johannesburg would take off the following day.
“We shall be flying from Lagos to Gatwick on May 16 with a brand new A330-200 aircraft. And the flight to Gatwick will be daily as the British and Nigerian authorities have agreed to give us seven slots every week.
“We intend to start operating on the Rome and Paris routes by the middle of June this year while five new destinations would be added to the Africa route. These are Kinshasa, Freetown, Ouagadougou, Point-Noire and Malabo.”
Ibrahim said the airline intends to acquire two more A330-22 aircraft and another two B737 aircraft to increase the fleet size from 11 to 15.
For effective operations of the routes, the CEO of Global Fleets said the operations of Air Nigeria have been split into three for effective coordination. “’We now have a chief executive in charge of national operations, another in charge of regional operations and another executive in charge of the international routes.”
He promised that the airline would offer the best services to its passengers and at a competitive rate.
http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/2...geria_set_international_route_operations.html
Air Nigeria to fly Lagos to London
To also commence flights to Johannesburg, Rome and Paris
Article | April 15, 2012 - 9:17am | By Daniel Anozie
Air Nigeria will begin daily flight operations from Lagos to London on Monday, May 16, the Chairman of the airline, Jimoh Ibrahim, told journalists on Saturday.
According to him, the company had also concluded arrangements to fly from Lagos to Johannesburg, South Africa, with effect from Tuesday, May 17.
As part of the company’s 2012/2013 projects, Ibrahim said the airline, which presently has 13 aircrafts, would start flight operations to both Rome and Paris by the middle of June.
According to Ibrahim, for airlines to survive, they must go international, as one international flight to London could generate more than what an airline would generate from 10 domestic flights.
He blamed most airlines' problems on poor management, inadequate advertisement and the increase in the price of aviation fuel.
Adding that from May, the airline's operations would be decentralised, he reiterated that contrary to some media reports, the company is not indebted to any financial institution.
"Air Nigeria is safe and in nearly 10 years of flying, it has not recorded any accident,"
Ibrahim said.
He further said that the company had entered into strategic partnership and alliance with Delta Airlines and signed other interline agreements.
http://spyghana.com/business-news/air-nigeria-to-fly-lagos-to-london/
Air Nigeria Set For International Route Operations
Two years after business mogul, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim acquired Virgin Nigeria and turned it to Air Nigeria, a successful turnaround of the fortunes of the airline has been completed with the airline set to commence International flight operations.
At a parley with media executives in Lagos at the weekend, Chief Ibrahim said the airline would start operating on international routes with two brand new aircraft on May 16.
He said the airline would launch its Lagos-London route on May 16 while another flight from Lagos to Johannesburg would take off the following day.
“We shall be flying from Lagos to Gatwick on May 16 with a brand new A330-200 aircraft. And the flight to Gatwick will be daily as the British and Nigerian authorities have agreed to give us seven slots every week.
“We intend to start operating on the Rome and Paris routes by the middle of June this year while five new destinations would be added to the Africa route. These are Kinshasa, Freetown, Ouagadougou, Point-Noire and Malabo.”
Ibrahim said the airline intends to acquire two more A330-22 aircraft and another two B737 aircraft to increase the fleet size from 11 to 15.
For effective operations of the routes, the CEO of Global Fleets said the operations of Air Nigeria have been split into three for effective coordination. “’We now have a chief executive in charge of national operations, another in charge of regional operations and another executive in charge of the international routes.”
He promised that the airline would offer the best services to its passengers and at a competitive rate.
http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/2...geria_set_international_route_operations.html
Air Nigeria to fly Lagos to London
To also commence flights to Johannesburg, Rome and Paris
Article | April 15, 2012 - 9:17am | By Daniel Anozie
Air Nigeria will begin daily flight operations from Lagos to London on Monday, May 16, the Chairman of the airline, Jimoh Ibrahim, told journalists on Saturday.
According to him, the company had also concluded arrangements to fly from Lagos to Johannesburg, South Africa, with effect from Tuesday, May 17.
As part of the company’s 2012/2013 projects, Ibrahim said the airline, which presently has 13 aircrafts, would start flight operations to both Rome and Paris by the middle of June.
According to Ibrahim, for airlines to survive, they must go international, as one international flight to London could generate more than what an airline would generate from 10 domestic flights.
He blamed most airlines' problems on poor management, inadequate advertisement and the increase in the price of aviation fuel.
Adding that from May, the airline's operations would be decentralised, he reiterated that contrary to some media reports, the company is not indebted to any financial institution.
"Air Nigeria is safe and in nearly 10 years of flying, it has not recorded any accident,"
Ibrahim said.
He further said that the company had entered into strategic partnership and alliance with Delta Airlines and signed other interline agreements.
http://spyghana.com/business-news/air-nigeria-to-fly-lagos-to-london/
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