Med-View Airline B747--400 Series Aircraft
…Flies In 400 Passengers from London-Gatwick
Med-View Airline today took delivery of a B747-400 series aircraft, which was operated for the first time on its schedule flight from London- Gatwick with 400 passengers on board.
The airline informed that the operation was made possible with the approval of the British Civil Aviation Authorities with the switch from B767-300ER to B747-400
According to Med-View, the 463 passenger capacity aircraft with Medview Airline livery touched down the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos at 7.30 am on Monday.
An elated Med-View Airline Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, who spoke on the development, said the aircraft will be used to consolidate Lagos-London route operations as well as the Hajj operations’, pointing out that opening up the Trans-Atlantic route was on the front burner
He said a B777-200 will join the fleet this week to coincide with the airline 10th Anniversary of its foray into Hajj operations.
Bankole said three jumbo jets: B777-200, B747-400 and B767-300ER will be devoted to the 2016 Hajj operations, which begin next week – August 8, 2016.
