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Lahore: Etihad Airways has announced the launch of flights to Lagos, the airline’s first destination in West Africa, from 1st July, 2012, subject to regulatory approvals.
These direct flights will link Abu Dhabi and Lagos six times a week and will be operated by a two class A330-200 aircraft with 22 Pearl Business class and 240 Coral Economy seats.
Lagos becomes the 83rd destination in Etihad Airways’ global network and these return flights will create a new link between Nigeria, Africa’s third largest economy, and Pakistan via the United Arab Emirates..
The Lagos schedule will provide seamless connections over Abu Dhabi to key North and Southeast Asian destinations and markets in the Indian Subcontinent, especially Pakistan. From Pakistan, Etihad operates 23 weekly flights to Abu Dhabi – with daily flights from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and twice weekly from Peshawar.
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Etihad Airways
Office Address: #309, the Forum,
Kehkashan Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan
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