Medview Airline is to commence international flight out of the country to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Managing Director, Med-View, Alhaji Muneer Bankole disclosed this to journalists at the airline’s office in Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, while unveiling another new aircraft that increased the number of aircraft in the airline’s fleet to five.
Bankole said that the airline would commence two weekly flights from Lagos-Kano to Jeddah with plans to increase the frequencies to four in the coming months.
He stated that the aircraft, which arrived at the international wing of the airport last weekend, was leased from Air Explore in Slovakia and would be used for the Jeddah route from December 31, 2015.
The aircraft with the registration number OM-GEX is configured for 176 passengers comprising of eight business class seats and 176 economy seats.
The Medview Airline boss stated that apart from operating the Jeddah route, which the aircraft would be deployed to, the aircraft would also immediately commence flight operations to its Yola route, that had since increased from one daily to twice daily.
He also disclosed that the airline had been designated to 17 international and regional routes, including seven in Africa, which it would continue to explore and operate into.
He added that in the couple of weeks, it would expand its Port Harcourt operations to two from the existing one daily.
Commenting on its Lagos-London flights, Bankole hinted that the flights had been increasing on a daily basis and expressed confidence that it would continue to grow.
-This Day Live
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