Emirates to launch new route to Nigeria in August
Emirates Airline to add daily service from Dubai to Abuja and Kano to its African route network this summer
Emirates Airlines is to expand its offer to Africa with the start of a daily service to Abuja and Kano in Nigeria. From August 1, 2014 the new service will be available as follows: Abuja will be the first stop on the Dubai-Abuja-Kano-Dubai service on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and Kano will be the first stop on the Dubai-Kano-Abuja-Dubai service on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The route will be serviced by an Airbus A340-500.
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of the airline, introduced a scheduled freighter service to Kano in October 2013. The twice daily flights to Lagos have been operated for 10 years. With Abuja joining the network, Emirates will now fly to 26 destinations in Africa.
Emirates SkyCargo will offer over 200 tonnes of cargo capacity per week, with main imports expected into Abuja and Kano being personal effects, clothing material and electronics, while exports include leather, kola nuts, spices and fresh meat.
Abuja, located in the centre of the country, which replaced Lagos as Nigeria’s capital in 1991. It is the seat of the Federal Government and home to most of Nigeria’s institutions, including the Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Abuja is also the headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States and the regional headquarters of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Kano, the capital of Kano State in northern Nigeria, is the second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The area is known for the production and export of peanuts, which was a major source of Nigeria’s export earnings before the oil boom in the 1970s.
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