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12 November 07 VIRGIN NIGERIA LAUNCHES DIRECT FLIGHT SERVICE TO COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC
Lagos, Nigeria: November 12, 2007: Virgin Nigeria, Nigeria’s flag carrier today (12 November 2007) began direct flight services from Lagos to Cotonou, the capital city of Benin Republic in continuation of the drive to make Lagos a hub within the West African region
The commencement of the thrice weekly direct flights from Lagos to Cotonou will bring to four the number of regional destinations operated by Virgin Nigeria. The destinations are Cotonou Benin Republic, Accra, Ghana; Douala, Cameroon and Dakar, Senegal Customers now have a choice of an affordable and convenient means of travelling to Cotonou thereby strengthening trade relations between Nigeria and Benin Republic. Also, Customers on the Virgin Nigeria service will have the option of onward connections to London and Johannesburg on the international routes as well as seamless connections to other Nigerian domestic routes serviced by the airline.Announcing the commencement of direct flight services to Cotonou, the Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Nigeria, Dr. Yemi Osindero said the airline is committed towards providing convenient travel options to boost trade relations in the sub region..
“Our opening up of any new route is entirely a function of our response to customer’s demands as well as our desire to create an accessible route network. Passengers now have the choice of a quicker and more convenient means of travel as well as the option of onward connections”, Yemi further stated.
Flight services to Cotonou will be operated by Virgin Nigeria’s Fokker-50 aircraft.
Please note
Flights from Lagos to Cotonou are available on Mondays, Wednesdays at 1700hours and Saturdays at 1215; please see www.virginnigeria.com for more details
About Virgin Nigeria:
Virgin Nigeria is Nigeria's private sector flag carrier, 51% owned by Nigerian institutional investors and 49% 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.
Based at its hub at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Virgin Nigeria has set about developing a global network of domestic, regional and international routes from its home base in Lagos. It is currently serving domestic routes in Nigeria; regionally within West and Central Africa, and inter-continentally to Europe. Virgin Nigeria is committed to provide the Nigerian and West African market with a commitment and vision to deliver sustained performance, service and growth. Virgin Nigeria has interline agreements with leading International carriers. For more information, visit
www.virginnigeria.com.
For all press enquiries, please contact:
corporatecommunications@virginnigeria.com
For media information in Nigeria only, please contact Corporate
Communications, 9th Floor, Etiebets Place , 21 Mobolaji Bank-Anthony
Way,Ikeja,Lagos., or
corpcomm@virginnigeria.com;
234 -1 – 2711144
For media information in the UK please contact the Virgin Atlantic
Press Office on 01293 747 373.
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