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30 May 08
OAG NOMINATES VIRGIN NIGERIA “BEST AIRLINE BASED IN AFRICA”
Lagos Nigeria, 30th May 2008: Virgin Nigeria has been nominated in the 2008 category of “Best airline based in Africa” by the Official Airline Guide (OAG) awards.
OAG is the world's authority on flight information which annually celebrates the very best in global air travel, publicly recognizing their high standards within the industry through an awards ceremony. Virgin Nigeria is nominated in the Best Airline based in Africa category alongside Ethiopian Airlines, Egyptair, Kenya Airways and South African Airways which are much older African airlines.
This nomination is a very exciting one for the airline, seeing as the nomination comes only after three years of its operation.
Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Mr. Conrad Clifford noted that the nomination of Virgin Nigeria attests to the global practices Virgin Nigeria employs in its service delivery which has so far distinguished the airline in Africa.
Clifford said: “We are elated at the recognition given the fact that we are the only Nigerian airline recognised for this unrivalled global award”.
After three years of operation, Virgin Nigeria currently operates from its hub in Lagos to 16 destinations; 2 internationally, 4 regionally and 10 domestic destinations
The winner of the awards will emerge on June 4 when the event holds in London which is done through polls from OAG’s worldwide customer base of business travelers.
About Virgin Nigeria
Virgin Nigeria is Nigeria's private sector flag carrier, 51% owned by Nigerian institutional investors and 49% owned by Virgin Atlantic. The airline was formed in September 2004 when the Federal Government of Nigeria announced the selection of Virgin Atlantic Airways as the strategic investor and technical partner in this exciting project.
With the mission of being a World Class Airline from the heart of Africa, Virgin Nigeria, has steadily developed a global network that serves domestic, regional and international routes from its operational hub at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
With a focus on improving the customer’s experience, Virgin Nigeria is constantly developing innovative products for the convenience of its customers. Some of these innovations include the online booking and payment system. The online and booking payment system allows the customer to book from anywhere in world, as well as make payments with an interswitch debit card for people in Nigeria and most international credit and debit cards for persons in London.
Virgin Nigeria’s customers traveling on the domestic service can also make use of the new ‘Carry On, Carry Off’ product called “COCO”. This product allows passengers traveling on the domestic service carrying cabin hand luggage which is over 6kg to hand these over to the attendants at the foot of the aircraft. These bags are specially tagged and collected by the passengers on arrival at the tarmac.
Virgin Nigeria recently announced an order for 24 Embraer aircraft. The order consists of E170s and E190s jets. Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for September 2008.
Virgin Nigeria is listed on the IOSA Directory following its successful completion of the intensive IATA Operational Safety Audit which now places it at par with the best airlines in the world having shown its commitment and demonstration to airline safety standards
Virgin Nigeria is the first Nigerian airline and first West African carrier to be listed on the IOSA Directory.
For more information, visit
www.virginnigeria.com |
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