Medview switches to B747-400 airplane to London

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview Airline lived to its promise as the carrier today took delivery of a B747-400.
The airline operated the airplane for the first time on its schedule flight from London- Gatwick with 400 passengers on board.
The operation was made possible with the approval of the British Civil Aviation Authorities (BCAA) with the switch from B767-300ER to B747-400.
The 463 passenger capacity aircraft with Medview Airline livery touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International airport at 7.30 am on Monday.
Muneer Bankole, MedView Airline Managing Director/CEO,  said the aircraft would be used to consolidate  Lagos-London route operations as well as  the  Hajj operations, pointing out that opening up the transatlantic route was on the front burner
Bankole said a B777-200 will join the fleet this week to coincide with the airline 10th Anniversary of its foray into Hajj operations.
Bankole said three jumbo jets – B777-200, B747-400 and B767-300ER will be devoted to the 2016 Hajj operations, which begin next week – August 8, 2016