Emirates, the Dubai based airline is all set to expand its presence in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria. It is going to start daily linked service to Abuja and Kano from 1st August 2014. The announcement follows Emirates’ recent milestone of successful operations to Lagos, to which airline offers twice daily flights.
Abuja, located in the center of the country is a planned city which has replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital in 1991. On the other hand Kano is the capital of Kano state in Northern Nigeria, is the second most populous city in the country after Lagos with a history that goes hundreds of years. With these new services offered by Emirates, the airline will now fly to 26 destinations in Africa and 142 worldwide in 80 countries. In the words of Thierry Antinori, emirates Executive Vice president and Chief Commercial Officer, The new service will help to create new opportunities for business, industry and tourism in Nigeria.
The route will be serviced by an Airbus A340-500 offering a total of 258 seats in a three class configuration -12 in First class, 42 in Business Class and 204 in Economy class. Abuja will be the first stop on the linked service on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and Kano will be the first stop on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Abuja, located in the center of the country is a planned city which has replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital in 1991. On the other hand Kano is the capital of Kano state in Northern Nigeria, is the second most populous city in the country after Lagos with a history that goes hundreds of years. With these new services offered by Emirates, the airline will now fly to 26 destinations in Africa and 142 worldwide in 80 countries. In the words of Thierry Antinori, emirates Executive Vice president and Chief Commercial Officer, The new service will help to create new opportunities for business, industry and tourism in Nigeria.
The route will be serviced by an Airbus A340-500 offering a total of 258 seats in a three class configuration -12 in First class, 42 in Business Class and 204 in Economy class. Abuja will be the first stop on the linked service on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and Kano will be the first stop on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
