Nigeria ’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has increased its international routes to seven within a week as it commenced operations to Central African city of Libreville in Gabon.
Managing Director of the airline, Mr Koen Neven said “the need to fill a yawning gap in the transportation requirement in the Central African zone prompted the operation of flights to Libreville ,Gabon”.
Neven who was represented at the inaugural flight by the Marketing Manager of the airline, Mr Theodore Chikelu noted that ‘ Libreville is like a hub in the Central Africa where passengers can connect different parts of the world, especially West Africa .
“It is very important to us when we recognize that we have already been granted the approval by our government to operate to Congo-Kinshasa, Windhoek , and down to Luanda .
“Libreville therefore is like a concentration for passengers to move to West Africa ,North Africa and even connect Europe and America from Lagos ,Nigeria”, he stated.
According to him, “we shall be operating two frequencies for now every Tuesday and Saturday, with a plan to increasing it as soon as possible.’
Also speaking at the inaugural flight, the General Sales Agent for Aero in Libreville , Mr Amoua Adamu said ‘many Nigerians in Gabon are glad with the coming of Aero to Libreville . It will afford them the opportunity of easily doing their business between Nigeria and Gabon and at the same time traveling home for visits.
“They all knew about the airline in while in Nigeria and are proud that one of the well recommended airlines from their country is now operating to Libreville,’ he added.
Aero recently commenced operation to Monrovia, Liberia, adding to other international routes operated which include Accra, Ghana; Abidjan, Cote D’ Voire; Bamako, Mali; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; and Sao Tome.
source:this day online
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