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RwandAir Flies Into Abuja, Marks 4th Year Of Kigali Flights - DAILY TRUST
By Simon Echewofun Sunday
RwandAir is celebrating four years of flying between Kigali and Abuja, having launched services in April 2018, by flying to Abuja on April 27, 2022.
In a statement yesterday, the airline said RwandAir’ s first flight between the two destinations departed Kigali for Abuja on 27 April 2018, on one of the carrier’s Boeing 737-800s.
In the four years of operating the route, RwandAir has flown over 47,000 customers to and from Abuja.
Nigeria’s Country Manager Muhamud Wayiga in the statement said: “Nigeria is a hugely important market for RwandAir so we are very happy to be celebrating four highly successful years of flying to Abuja, the country’s second city.
“Our flights have kept pace with customer demand, continue to offer fantastic connectivity to destinations across Africa and have strengthened business opportunities between Rwandans and Nigerians who have greatly benefited from the visa-free policy,” he noted.
From its hub at the heart of Africa at Kigali International Airport, RwandAir has one of the youngest fleets on the African continent with twelve aircraft including two wide-body Airbus A330s.
RwandAir currently serves 28 destinations across East, Central, West and Southern Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
