United Airlines has confirmed it will return to Nigeria's airspace from November 29.
After five years of leaving the country, the Washington-based carrier is set to resume a non-stop flight to Nigeria’s airspace. A statement released by the Airline says that it will be operating three weekly flights between Washington and Nigeria when it finally resumes operation and will operate more flights to Nigeria than other African countries. Stressing that the new date of resumption is subject to approval by the Nigerian Government.
According to the United’s Vice president of international network and alliances, Patric Quayle, “this new flight to Lagos has been highly anticipated by our customers and offers the first-ever nonstop service between Washington, D.C., and Nigeria, as well as convenient, one-stop connections to over 80 destinations throughout the Americas including Houston and Chicago. On behalf of all of United, we’d like to offer our sincere thanks to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and U.S. Department of Transportation for supporting our plans to provide this service.”
The airlines however attributed its exit from Nigeria to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange policy, which restricted the movement of foreign currencies abroad after the global fall in oil prices exhausted the country’s foreign assets.
“We are honored to work with our partners at United Airlines to welcome their second nonstop connection from Dulles International to the African continent. Lagos joins nearly 50 other nonstop international destinations currently served by the National Capital Region’s gateway to the world” Carl Schultz, the acting vice president of airline business development at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, says in a statement.
“United will operate this route with a 787. This flight is the only service between the U.S. and Nigeria to offer the premium economy product. Flights will depart Washington, D.C. on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday and return from Lagos on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. United is the only U.S. airline to offer its own one-stop-shop where customers can conveniently get “travel-ready” by finding a location to schedule a COVID-19 test as well as upload and store their test results and vaccination records directly through the airline’s website and award-winning mobile app with the Travel-Ready Center.” Schultz added.
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