FG Designates MedView to London, Other Routes
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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