2 August 2008
Lagos — Virgin Nigeria announces that it will start flight operations to its sixth regional destination by connecting Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire on its route network tomorrow.
The introduction of flight services to the Francophone city of Abidjan is aimed at fostering the economic and socio-cultural ties in Africa, especially bilateral relationships between Nigeria and Cote D'Ivoire.
Announcing the scheduled commencement of the operations in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Conrad Clifford said: "Virgin Nigeria is strengthening her ties with the Francophone countries and the launch of flight services to Abidjan will enhance travel options available to the traveling public on the route as well as providing access between the Francophone and Anglophone countries in the West African region."
"Virgin Nigeria is building mutual relationships between Nigeria and the neighboring countries through our positive route expansion aimed at developing strong economic ties as well as our commitment towards opening up communication channels between African nations", Conrad emphasised.
Virgin Nigeria in line with its key objective of creating a hub at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos is fast developing a wide route network cut across international, regional and domestic destinations.
The launch of flight services to Abidjan comes on the heels of the commencement of flight operations to Libreville in June. Other regional routes on the network includes: Accra, Ghana ; Cotonou , Republic of Benin ; Dakar , Senegal and Douala , Cameroun .
Virgin Nigeria will operate twice weekly flights to Abidjan with a brief stop over in Cotonou using a Boeing 737-300 series aircraft. The outbound flight to Abidjan will depart Lagos by 18.00 hours arriving two hours after every Monday and Friday while the inbound will depart Abidjan by 9.30 hours every Tuesday and Virgin Nigeria is Nigeria 's private sector flag carrier, 51 per cent owned by Nigerian institutional investors and 49 per cent owned by Virgin Atlantic. The airline was formed in September 2004 when the Federal Government of Nigeria announced the selection of Virgin Atlantic Airways as the strategic investor and technical partner in this exciting project.
With the mission of being a World Class Airline from the heart of Africa, Virgin Nigeria, has steadily developed a global network that serves domestic, regional and international routes from its operational hub at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
With a focus on improving the customer's experience, Virgin Nigeria is constantly developing innovative products for the convenience of its customers. Some of these innovations include the online booking and payment system. The online and booking payment system allows the customer to book from anywhere in world, as well as make payments with an interswitch debit card for people in Nigeria and most international credit and debit cards for persons in London.
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