Air Nigeria comes to the UK

With Arik, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic already on the route, but all from Heathrow, Air Nigeria is to launch a UK – Lagos services but this time from Gatwick.  Air Nigeria launches long haul operations with a daily Lagos – Gatwick route from 1 September.  Operating from the South Terminal the services will be flown by an Airbus A340 in a two-class layout. 

Air Nigeria is the successor to Virgin Nigeria, Virgin Atlantic selling out to local interests last year.  Besides the wet leased A340 it flies a fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and Embraer 190s.

The airline currently operates domestic and regional flights from 15 locations in Nigeria and in the west and central African region.  From its base at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, it flies to Benin City, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Abuja, Kano and Sokoto on the domestic routes while it also operates to Brazzaville, Accra, Douala, Dakar, Monrovia, Cotonou, Banjul, Libreville and Abidjan, with further plans to extend services to more African destinations, Europe, Asia and America. www.myairnigeria.com

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