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| Virgin Nigeria is the new national flag carrier of ].The new airline was launched on 28th June, 2005 on an inaugural flight to ].Domestic flights commenced on June 29th.The airline's hub is based at the International Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport,]. | |||
| The Nigerian Government and ] signed on 28 September 2004 an agreement to establish a new airline for Nigeria, to be called '''Virgin Nigeria'''. | |||
| Virgin Nigeria was formed on 28th September 2004 when the Nigerian Government and ] signed an agreement to establish a new airline for Nigeria to replace the liquidated ].Virgin Nigeria currently flies to four destinations from Lagos which include ],],] and ].The airline is expected to increase its route network to nine by September.Possible routes to be added include ],],]and ].The airline is still in talks with the US government after US authorities barred the airline from direct flights into the United States,reportedly citing Britain's anti-competitive aviation policy.In response to this,the Nigerian government banned US-based carrier,] which was due to begin operations into Nigeria at the second quarter of 2005 | |||
| Virgin Nigeria currently operates a fleet of two A320's and an A340. | |||
| The new airline will have its home base at ] in ] and will be opening routes as quickly as possible to many destinations. These will include domestic routes such as ], ] and ]; regional routes such as ], ] and ]; and also international destinations such as the Middle East, the USA and Europe. At the very least, with the USA and Europe the airline hopes to replace the ]-] and ]-] routes of the now defunct ]. Ironically, ] flies from ] to ], as well as to ]. | |||
| Virgin Nigeria will start operations once all necessary approvals and authorizations have been obtained. It is expected that seats will go on sale early in 2005 and flights will commence a few weeks later. | |||
Revision as of 09:36, 17 July 2005
Virgin Nigeria is the new national flag carrier of Nigeria.The new airline was launched on 28th June, 2005 on an inaugural flight to Heathrow.Domestic flights commenced on June 29th.The airline's hub is based at the International Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport,Lagos.
Virgin Nigeria was formed on 28th September 2004 when the Nigerian Government and Virgin Atlantic signed an agreement to establish a new airline for Nigeria to replace the liquidated Nigeria airways.Virgin Nigeria currently flies to four destinations from Lagos which include Abuja,Accra,London and Porthacourt.The airline is expected to increase its route network to nine by September.Possible routes to be added include Abidjan,Dubai,Jeddahand Johannesburg.The airline is still in talks with the US government after US authorities barred the airline from direct flights into the United States,reportedly citing Britain's anti-competitive aviation policy.In response to this,the Nigerian government banned US-based carrier,Continental which was due to begin operations into Nigeria at the second quarter of 2005
Virgin Nigeria currently operates a fleet of two A320's and an A340.
IATA Code
VK
ICAO Code
Unknown.
See Also
External links
- Virgin Nigeria official website
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