- RwandAir Commences Abuja-Kigali Flight
East African Carrier, RwandAir, has commenced flight operations between Abuja and Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
The airline said the new service in addition to the daily Lagos-Kigali flight would offer passengers from Nigeria the opportunity to connect to its global route network.
The Country Manager, RwandAir, Ibiyemi Odusi, at the inaugural flight, said the four times weekly Abuja-Kigali service was positioned to give Nigerians more travel options from the nation’s political capital to destinations flown by Rwand Air.
According to Odusi, with the right product pricing, scheduled planning and other unique selling points at the disposal of RwandAir, it intends to grow traffic on the route to about 80 per cent load factor in the next six months.
She said, “Since 2012 when RwandAir started operations in Nigeria, it has continued to consolidate from its hub in Kigali to Dubai, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Entebbe, Dar es Salaam, Accra, London, Brussels and other routes on its network.
“The Abuja-Kigali four weekly flights will open new vistas for passengers who want to connect to many parts of the world by leveraging the carrier’s on-time performance, safety record, international certification, excellent in-flight entertainment, customer service, competitive fares and other comparative advantages.”
Odusi commended the Minister of States for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and other top government officials for making the inaugural flight a success.
The Rwanda High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, said the extension of flight service to Abuja and Kigali would boost trade relations between the two countries.