Med-View Airline Boeing 737-500
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Med-View Airline has announced it has begins flight services to Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire; Conakry, Guinea; and Dakar, Senegal.
Med-view commenced flight services into Francophone West Africa with its Boeing 737-500 as part of its expansion plans.
Med-View Airline is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria. The airline was founded in 2007 as a charter airline, mainly operating Haji flights, and has offered domestic passenger services since November 2012. It now operates international flights to London, Dubai and West Africa.
At the flag-off ceremony, the President of Guinea, Alassane Ouattara, stressed the importance of integration, adding that the Nigerian airline had become a veritable tool to bring Africans together.
Ouattara was represented by the General Manager, Autorité Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, Mr. Sinaly Silue, at the airport, who said that Nigeria and Cote d’ Ivoire would learn from one another.
He said, “I hope Med-View will be our company. It is evident you are bringing people together and we cannot do that without transport, especially air transport.
“This is how we should build Africa; your concern is our concern and our concern yours. You can learn from us and we will learn from you.”
The National Director of Civil Aviation, Guinea, Mr. Mamady Kaba, said Med-View had fulfilled part of the Yamoussoukro Declaration of 1988, on principles of air services within the region.
“We are happy that out of six airlines in Nigeria, Med-View has chosen to make a case for francophone West African countries,” he said.
The Nigeria’s Ambassador to Guinea, Bala Mariga, described the development as historic and something to be proud of.
“I pray this will go on for generations to come. When we were coming here, we came through a foreign airline and today, I am proud that we have our airline here. This will help Nigerians to invest in Guinea and vice versa,” he said.
The Ambassador of Guinea to Nigeria, Gaossou Toure, also described Med-View as a dynamic airline capable of bringing about the liberalization of airspace, adding that the aim of the company was to integrate ECOWAS.
“The chairman has explained that air transport is a passion for him and Guinea is happy to open West Africa and Africa to the rest of the world,” he said.
The Ambassador of Senegal to Nigeria, Abubakar Samb, who accompanied the airline on the journey, said Med-View would help ease trade within the sub-region as well as deepen the partnership.
The Managing Director and Chairman of Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, said he was optimistic that the integration would bring about peace, harmony and economic prosperity.
He said, “Our fathers who set up ECOWAS to integrate all members into one family had vision and a plan. We are making that come to pass. This is the beginning of a big relationship as we are going to integrate all of West Africa.
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“Our drive is to network the entire West African region as one entity and we have a focus; we have the direction and from here, we can encourage ourselves to develop together.”
He said the airline would commence flights to Dubai by the end of this year.
