FG Designates MedView to London, Other Routes

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The federal government has designated one of the nation’s major operators, MedView Airline to the Lagos-London route in addition to nine other international destinations.

The objective is to encourage domestic carriers to build capacity and compete on international destinations in order to erode the market which over 94 per cent is controlled by foreign carriers.

The route is a lucrative one which has for decades been dominated by British Airways which with Virgin Atlantic fly directly from Lagos to London, before Arik started operating about six years with appreciable high load factor.

The approval was contained in a letter addressed to the airline management dated April 23rd, 2015 by the Ministry of Aviation.

The letter, which was signed on behalf of the Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka by the deputy director, air transport management in the Ministry, M.S. Noibi listed the new designated routes as: London in United Kingdom, Lisbon in Portugal, Douala in Cameroun and Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Other routes are; Abidjan in Cote D'Ivoire, Bamako in Mali, Monrovia in Liberia, Conakry in Guinea and Freetown in Sierra Leone.

The letter however gave the airline deadline within when to commence operations to the affected routes or lose the right.

The letter partly stated: “You are advised to comply with all the rules and regulations of the aeronautical authorities of Nigeria and the respective countries.

Also, failure to operate any of the routes mentioned above for more than six International Air Transport Association (IATA) seasons will lead to revocation of the designation in accordance with extant policy on designations.
source:Thisday.com

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