07 November 08

VIRGIN NIGERIA REWARDS CUSTOMERS

Lagos Nigeria, 7th November 2008: Virgin Nigeria, in its usual tradition of rewarding loyalty with its customers, has announced an exciting sales promotion for the month of November on its domestic routes.

Passengers who fly Virgin Nigeria from Lagos to PHC (or vice versa) on all other fairs during this period will also get double miles.

In addition to this, the company is poised to change the life of one lucky customer. From the 1st of November to the 30th of November, all passengers who fly Virgin Nigeria Airways stand a chance to win a brand new Hyundai jeep. To be eligible, customers simply have to register their flights and join eagleflier, Virgin Nigeria’s frequent flyer programme.

Speaking on the marketing promotion, the Head of Corporate Communications, Nkiru Olumide-Ojo, remarked. “We are constantly looking for ways to reward our customers, be they on the domestic or on the international routes; and this exciting new promotion on our domestic routes is just one of the many steps taken by Virgin Nigeria to elevate the Nigerian flight experience.”

It will be recalled that in addition to launching routes to Abidjan and Monrovia, Virgin Nigeria introduced the Embraer Jet, with personalised in-flight entertainment for the first time on the domestic and regional routes. This is in addition to its new Business Class lounge at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

Virgin Nigeria’s customers can get full information on these exciting new offers on radio, flyers and through the website

www.virginnigeria.com

 


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.

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 customers to book from anywhere in world, as well as make payments with either an Interswitch or Etranzact payment card for people in Nigeria and most international credit and debit cards for persons in London.

Virgin Nigeria’s customers traveling on the domestic service can also make use of the new ‘Carry On, Carry Off’ product called “COCO”. This product allows passengers traveling on the domestic service carrying cabin hand luggage which is over 6kg to hand these over to the attendants at the foot of the aircraft. These bags are specially tagged and collected by the passengers on arrival at the tarmac.

Virgin Nigeria just recently took delivery of its Embraer 190 aircraft that is equipped with individual In-Flight Entertainment system as part of its total fleet renewal. It will be recalled that Virgin Nigeria last year announced an order for 24 Embraer aircraft consisting of E170s and E190s jets. Virgin Nigeria is listed on the IOSA Directory following its successful completion of the intensive IATA Operational Safety Audit which now places it at par with the best airlines in the world having shown its commitment and demonstration to airline safety standards

Virgin Nigeria is the first Nigerian airline and first West African carrier to be listed on the IOSA Directory