VIRGIN NIGERIA will officially take off on Tuesday 28 June from Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport. Nigeria will have again a national airline, this time backed by an operation well established in that country and with a remarkable track record. For the first two weeks only the service will be weekly then rising to three flights per week. The airline is planning a short-haul operation within Africa, details of which will be announced shortly. Virgin Nigeria is owned 51% by Nigerian institutional investors via a highly successful private placement process completed early in 2005. The 49% balance is held by Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited who are supplying a three class Airbus A340-300 for the operation. First flight from London is on Monday 4 July.
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