Vanguard (Lagos)
2 December 2008
Nigeria's leading domestic airline operator, Arik Air yesterday in Toulouse, France took delivery of its first wide bodied aircraft A340-500 plane from Airbus in France with a promise to challenge competition on the Lagos-Heathrow route, amongst others. The last time any airline in Nigeria did such a purchase was more than 20 years ago during President Shehu Shagari's administration.
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