Medview gets permission to fly London and other international routes from Nigeria

Medview gets permission to fly London and other international routes from Nigeria

Nigeria's Government has designated a domestic airline, MedView, on 10 foreign routes. to reduce foreign airlines’ extortion of Nigerian travelers.

The approval was contained in a letter addressed to the airline’s management dated April 23, 2015 by the Ministry of Aviation.

The letter, signed on behalf of the Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, by the Deputy Director, Air Transport Management in the ministry, M. S. Noibi, listed the new designated routes as London in United Kingdom, Lisbon in Portugal, Douala in Cameroon and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Other routes are Abidjan in Cote d’Ivoire, Bamako in Mali, Monrovia in Liberia, Conakry in Guinea and Freetown in Sierra Leone.

The letter, however, gave the airline deadline within which to commence operations to the affected routes, or lose the right.

The letter partly stated: “You are advised to comply with all the rules and regulations of the aeronautical authorities of Nigeria and the respective countries.

“Also, failure to operate any of the routes mentioned above for more than six International Air Transport Association (IATA) seasons would lead to revocation of the designation in accordance with extant policy on designations.

When our correspondent visited the airline, preparations were in motion by the management to put all logistics on ground for the commencement of operations on the foreign routes.