14 October 2008
As part of plans to expand its routes network, Virgin Nigeria Airways has put all arrangement in place to begin flight operations this week to two new destinations, one regional and one domestic route respectively.
The new regional destination is Roberts International Airport, Monronvia, Liberia, while the domestic route is Enugu Airport in the coal city of Enugu State.
Announcing the scheduled commencement of the two new routes effective from October 8th for Enugu and 10 for Monrovia, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Conrad Clifford, disclosed that Virgin Nigeria is poised to make air transport accessible by developing new routes and linking same to its existing routes network to better serve the demands of passengers.
"Our commitment has always been to build strong, economic ties between Nigeria and other nations as we build a world class airline. Our vision is on course as we have expanded the frontiers of trade among several West African nations and Nigeria as well as linking same to our wide network of domestic and international routes", said Conrad.
He further noted that with the delivery of the first of its Embraer fleet unveiled a few days ago by the Senate President, David Mark, positioned Virgin Nigeria is now better poised to serve its increasing customers.
The introduction of these new routes will bring to 17, the number of destinations being operated to by Virgin Nigeria.
As Virgin Nigeria currently flies from Lagos to Abuja , Sokoto, Kano , Port Harcourt , Owerri, Calabar on its domestic flight services and from Lagos to Accra , Douala , Dakar , Libreville , Cotonou and Abidjan on the regional routes. London and Johannesburg are also international destinations serviced by Virgin Nigeria Airways
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