Med-View switches to B747 on Lagos-London route

Med-view Airline has made a switch of aircraft on its Lagos to London-Gatwick route after taking delivery of a B747-400 aircraft with a 463-passenger capacity.
The airline switched from the smaller B767-300ER earlier devoted for the route.
The aircraft was operated for the first time on its scheduled flight from London-Gatwick with 400 passengers on board on Monday.
 The aircraft switch and subsequent operation was approved by the British Civil Aviation Authorities in line with standard practice in civil aviation.
It would be recalled that the airline opened up the London route on November 20, 2015.
The 463 passenger aircraft arrived the Murtala Mohammed International airport on Monday morning, it was learnt.
Med-View Airline managing director/CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, said the aircraft would be used to consolidate the Lagos-London route operations as well as the Hajj operations.
Represented by the director of Engineering, Engr. Lookman Animashaun, Bankole disclosed that the new aircraft signalled the opening up of the transatlantic route being proposed by the airline.
 He added that a B777-200 will join the fleet this week to coincide with the airline’s 10th anniversary since it commenced Hajj operations.
 The MD said three jumbo jets – B777-200, B747-400 and B767-300ER – would be devoted to the 2016 Hajj operations, slated to begin August 8.