FirstNation Airline to resume operations
After about four weeks of suspending flight operations, FirstNation Airways says it is ready to resume flight services from its base at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.
In a statement by its Corporate Affairs, Mr. Rasheed Yusuff, the airline said that flight will commenced with very strong passenger demand despite the break.
Yusuff hinted that the return to flight services and the massive reception it received from air travellers reinforced the strength of the airline’s brand and the quality of services rendered.
The statement added, “We received ground swell of support from the flying public during our maintenance break and this tremendous support has been humbling experience to all of us at Firstnation.
“Since the airline launched service in 2013, we have built a respectable followership and rated consistently as market leader on safety standard and schedule integrity on the routes that we serve. This reputation was reinforced by Firstnation’s achievement of the International Operational Safety Audit, IOSA, certification; the airline industry global benchmark for world class safety standard in 2015 within record time of 12 months.”
He hinted that the achievement of IOSA certification by Firstnation in 12 months of application remained unrivalled in West and Central Africa.
The airline had promised to return to flight services on Thursday, 15th September, 2016, but failed to do so, citing delay in immigration clearances of some of its equipment.
FirstNation before the suspension of flight operations had three Airbus 319 aircraft in its fleet.
