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Air Côte d'Ivoire, the national airline of Ivory Coast
has commenced 4 weekly flights from and to the francophone giant city of
Abidjan and Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos.
Air Côte d'Ivoire commenced flight operations into Lagos
arriving on the 3rd January, 2015 with its Airbus A319-TUSTSA with capacity for
12 Business and 96 Economy passengers while the inaugural flight departed Lagos
on Sunday 4th January 2015.
According to a statement from the airline’s media
consultant in Lagos Topcomm, the Ivory
Coast national carrier’s Abidjan-Lagos 4 weekly frequencies is scheduled for
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10:10 am from Lagos to Abidjan and
returns on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The airline plans to commence additional frequencies from
Lagos to Kinshasa via Abidjan three times a week soon.
Air Côte d'Ivoire based in Abidjan succeeded the former
country’s flag carrier, Air Ivoire. It was set up on 15 May 2012, as a
private-public entity, partially owned by Air France —which intended to make
Port Bouet Airport a regional hub— and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic
Development (AKFED).
From its Hub in Abidjan it operates to over 14
destinations in West and Central Africa including: Accra, Bamako, Brazzaville,
Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Doula, Freetown, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lome,
Monrovia, N’Djamena, Niamey, Ougadougou, Pointe Noire and Younde.
