Virgin Nigeria starts London flights

Saturday, 14 Jun, 2005 0

Start-up carrier Virgin Nigeria is to launch flights to Heathrow at the end of the month.

The airline, which is 49% owned by Virgin Atlantic, is begin with a weekly service from June 28, rising to three flights a week after a fortnight.

Virgin Nigeria will fly from Lagos with an Airbus A340 in a three class configuration – 187 economy, 28 premium economy and 40 business class seats. Bookings open tomorrow (Tuesday).

A group of short haul routes within Africa are due to be announced shortly, according to the airline’s CEO Simon Harford.

He said: “We are taking this journey one careful step at a time to ensure we do not compromise our standards and our service.”

The plan is to rapidly develop Virgin Nigeria into “a sizeable, quality and respected airline”.

Report by Phil Davies

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