Meridiana Fly, Italy’s fastest
growing airline has reaffirmed its commitment to the Nigerian and
Ghanaian markets by confirming both routes in their summer schedule
for 2017.
The airline, in partnership with
Ghana’s first affiliated global aviation advisory firm -Dre
Aviation and one of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air, recently
launched its operations into the West African market.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on
Tuesday, the Managing Director of Dre Aviation, Mr Paul Saade, said
the airline was pleased with the success-rate it had recorded within
its short entry.
Saade said :“A prudent approach was
taken by Meridiana when entering these highly competitive markets but
we have demonstrated stable operations and a growing commercial
presence for them in West Africa and they are pleased with the
results.
“Based on the feedback from our
guests, we have also rescheduled the flight times which now means a
late evening departure from Lagos which arrives in Italy’s Milan
Malpensa Airport early the next day.
“This allows our Nigerian passengers
to onward connect onto Meridiana services into Europe and beyond.
” This is a compelling proposition as
the fares are much cheaper than other carriers into Europe and offers
a real alternative for the travelling public. “Our fares start at
350 dollars all in for a one way ticket into Europe.”
He noted that more frequencies would be
added in due course and Dre Aviation was ramping up the market
initiative for the carrier in both Ghana and Nigeria.
According to him, Dre Aviation, which
is also Meridiana Fly’s office GSA partner for Sierra Leone and
Liberia, are seeing demand for connecting passengers from these
markets into Italy grow via the Lagos service.
Saade said the Nigerian partner, Dana
Air, had flown 4.5 million passengers in the last eight years of its
operation and currently operates over 27 daily flights from Lagos to
Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Owerri.
He said the airline was reputed for its
superior on–time performance, world-class in-flight service and
customer service.
No comments:
Post a Comment