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MEDVIEW AIRLINE TAKES DELIVERY OF B747-400, OPERATES ITS FIRST FLIGHT FROM LONDON-GATWICK WITH 400 PASSENGERS

Medview B747-400
Medview B747-400
Medview B747-400
Med-view Airline lived to its billing yesterday(Monday) when it took delivery of a B747-400 and operated it for the first time on its schedule flight from London- Gatwick with 400 passengers on board.
 
The operation was made possible with the approval of the British Civil Aviation Authorities with the switch from B767-300ER to B747-400
 
The 463 passenger capacity aircraft with Medview Airline livery touched down the Murtala Muhammed International airport at 7.30 am on Monday.
 
An elated Med-View Airline Managing Director/CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said the aircraft will be used to consolidate  Lagos-London route operations as well as  the  Hajj operations, pointing out that opening up the transatlantic 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.
 
Alhaji 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.
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