United Nigeria Launches Port Harcourt Route - By Daisy BARRO

 

United Nigeria Airline is set to begin operations into and out of the domestic wing of the Port Harcourt (PH) International Airport.

According to a statement released by the Airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Achilleus Chud Uchegbu, the inaugural flight (Lagos – PH) for this route will take place tomorrow April 22, 2021 at 1330 hours from the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), Ikeja – Lagos.

In the same vein, inbound flights from PH to Lagos have been scheduled for 1800 hours daily.

United has equally divulged that daily flights from PH to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport – Abuja will depart at 1500 hours while daily flights from Abuja to PH will be departing at 1630 hours.

The creation of the PH route is part of United Airline’s expansion scheme, and it is expected that more routes will be opened in the future.


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