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  • Medview airline’s debut brings jobs

    Medview airline’s debut brings jobs

    About 225 new jobs have been created by Medview Airline, one of the country’s official hajj pilgrims carriers.

    Jobs created by the airline include those of pilots, about 16 cabin crew, ground officers, as well as ticketing staff.

    Arrangements have been concluded for the commencement of scheduled flights to four routes, namely Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Port Harcourt, Maiduguri-Yola and Lagos-Port Harcourt.

    The Managing Director/CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, stated this in Lagos while receiving officials of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

    Alhaji Bankole, said the company is venturing into domestic operations so as to alleviate the plight of the local travellers. He stated that a Boeing 737-400 has been sourced to enable the company begin operation, adding that the inspection unit of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has concluded the inspection of the aircraft and approved them for operations in the country.

    “We have undergone the necessary inspections as stipulated by NCAA, but I can tell you categorically that we will start very soon.”

    Bankole promised that one of the unique selling points of the airline would be on- time departure and adherence to the safety rules of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and NCA.

    He said that the company has been known for keeping to time in its handling of hajj affairs in the country.

    “The coming of Med-View airline into the scene of Hajj operations in year 2007 shortly after its incorporation, changed the whole concept of pilgrims airlifting in Nigeria. The marshalling of the operational plans in a professional way, coupled with resourceful and dedicated team of workers, served as a pivot on which this new Airline’s tremendous success rests.

     

  • Medview opts for scheduled flights

    the number of indigenous carriers will soon increase with the coming of Medview Airline.

    Medview is famous for the yearly flight operations to Saudi Arabia for Muslim pilgrims.

    Sources close to the airline said, over at the weekend that one of the aircraft to be used for the flight operations, a Boeing 737-400 is, expected to arrive in the country from Buckarest, Romania. The second aircraft will come on later.

    The source said the inspection unit of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had gone to Romania to inspect the aircraft, which was approved for operations by the regulatory .

    It was learnt that the airline hopes to fly to at least four routes – Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Port Harcourt, Maiduguri-Yola and Lagos -Port Harcourt.

    Last week, the Managing Director of Medview Alhaji Munir Bankole and other management team were at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Two (MMA2) inspecting the vacant offices within the complex, ahead of commencement of operations.

    Bankole in an interview said the team was at the complex to inspect offices that would be used for its daily operations.

    He said: “As you can see, we are here to inspect the offices for the commencement of our daily flight operations to some airports in the next couple of weeks. We have undergone the necessary inspections as stipulated by NCAA, but I can’t tell you categorically when we will start, but we are starting very soon.”

    Bankole explained that one of the Unique Selling Proportions of the airline would be on time departure and adherence to the safety rules of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and NCAA.