Air Cote D’Ivoire Commences Flights to Abuja
Air Cote d'Ivoire's Q400: The airline is rapidly growing its network in the region. |
In an effort to
further expand its rapidly growing network and quickly establish itself as the
leading carrier in the West and Central African Sub Region Air Cote D'Ivoire (HF)
has concluded plans to connect Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Abuja to its hub
airport in Abidjan. According to a statement by the airline, the service
between the two strategic destinations is expected to commence effective
February 15, 2016.
This is coming
on the heels of its recent launch last month of the delivery of yet another
brand new Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. The recently acquired airliner is one of three new
aircraft expected to join the carrier’s young fleet this year. A total of three
weekly flights will be operated between both destinations in a two class
configuration of 7 seats in Business Class and 60 seats in Economy class. The
flights will depart from Abuja on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 09:20am
and arrive in Abidjan at 11: 05am.They will depart from Abidjan at 7:25pm on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays to arrive in Abuja at 11:15pm. The above flights will
be in addition to its current five flights weekly from Lagos.
The Country
Manager -Nigeria, Mr. Moustapha Fofana said: “We thank our customers and
partners for their massive support since commencement of our operations into
Lagos a year ago. We have been listening to and working assiduously with our
travel partners in order to meet the business and leisure needs of our esteemed
customers. Connecting the city of Abuja through direct flights to Abidjan will
not only open the region to seamless connectivity in the spirit of the
Yamoussoukro Decision, but it will also go a long way to foster closer
relations between Nigeria and Cote D’Ivoire, offer greater choice to customers,
and significantly reduce travel time for passengers.”
Air
Cote d’Ivoire is the national carrier of Cote d’Ivoire with a workforce of over
437 employees including more than 58 Pilots, 116 Cabin Crew and 30 Aircraft
Engineers operating a young fleet of seven aircraft comprising three A319s,
one A320 and three Dash 8-Q400s.
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