By Chinelo Obogo

RwandAir has announced an increase in capacity with daily flights to Lagos starting in October 2024. The airline made the announcement recently at a sales forum in Lagos to provide agencies with product knowledge and updates on the airline's current offerings and get feedback and support aimed at boosting sales.

In his welcome address, the airline's regional manager, Mr. Dennis Rwiliriza said, “We currently operate five times weekly into Lagos and three times weekly to Abuja from our hub in Kigali. In an effort to respond to the needs of our customers, we will be increasing our capacity in the market by adding two more flights to Lagos from October 2024.

“This will allow our customers have greater choice and flexibility with seamless daily connections to over 25 destinations in our network throughout Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia as well as to over 300 destinations globally in partnership with our 40 Interline Partners.”

The airline's sales manger, Mr. Oladayo Abolaji, delivered a product presentation revealing that RwandAir has codeshare partnerships with Qatar Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and Turkish Airlines to 74 destinations with more destinations due to be included before the end of 2024.

“RwandAir operates 14 modern and state-of-the-art aircraft including a blend of A330-300, A330-200, B737-800NG, B737-700NG, Bombadier CRJ-900NG, and Bombadier Q400NG,” Mr. Abolaji said. He added that Rwanda is a choice tourism destination that is visa free for all African Union, Francophone and Commonwealth citizens and issues visa on arrival for all citizens with attractions such as the Akagera National Park, Lake Kivu, Kigali Genocide Memorial among others.

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