VIRGIN ARRIVES ON LAGOS-LONDON ROUTE

BRITISH airline Virgin Atlantic is set to take a major chunk of the lucrative Lagos-London route currently dominated by British Airways (BA). Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson said the Nigerian aviation authorities have already approved the airline’s proposal to fly the route. He said BA’s dominance of the lucrative route was not to the advantage of the national carrier Nigeria Airways, and that Virgin Atlantic would help restore the past glory of the the debt-ridden and ailing Nigeria Airways. – AFP