Market News

By Abdullateef Aliyu

Ahead of the resumption of flight operations, Emirates Airlines has hosted key stakeholders from Nigeria’s travel trade industry seeking their partnership as the airline resumes flight services to Nigeria.

The meeting was to showcase its latest products and services, as well as provide a destination update on Dubai, as the airline gears up to restart operations.

Through interactive workshop sessions, Emirates familiarised attendees with the products and services that will be available on the soon-to-resume flight to/from Lagos, empowering them to provide even better services to their customers.

The airline also highlighted its full-service offerings including gourmet and regionally-inspired dining, the award-winning in-flight entertainment system, ice, and the hospitality from its multinational cabin crew.

Emirates Holidays, the airline’s tour operator arm, exhibited the curated holiday packages both to Dubai and other in-demand destinations such as the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and South Africa, in preparation to serve the pent-up travel demand from Nigeria.

Key stakeholders representing Destination Dubai were also there to provide a macro view at what travellers can expect when travelling to and through the UAE.

Country Manager for Nigeria, Emirates, Paulos Legesse, said, “As we prepare to restart operations to Lagos, this workshop was essential not just to showcase our world-class product and service to these important partners, but also to hear from the wider industry on the latest services that will suit customer demand, enabling us to better tailor our offering in Nigeria.

“We have exciting plans and can’t wait to add our industry-leading products and services to the Nigerian market from 1 October.”