United Airlines Launches New Flight Operations From Washington D.C. To Lagos

United Airlines has launched flight operations between Washington Dulles International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, Nigeria.

The flight operation is the first ever nonstop service, beginning with the arrival of the first flight into Lagos today.

The airline career which has a schedule of three weekly flights is the first and only airline serving Washington D.C. nonstop from Lagos. The flight is operated with state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, featuring United’s award-winning United Polaris^SM business class cabin and United Premium Plus^SM premium economy seats. The new service marks the airline’s return to Nigeria, which the airline previously served up until 2016.

According to U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, “This exciting initiative further expands our economic relationship, promotes people-to-people ties, and creates new opportunities for United, travel companies, and customers alike.”

Commenting on the development, United Airline’s Senior Vice President International Network Planning and Alliances, Patrick Quayle, said, “This new flight from Lagos reinforces our ongoing commitment to growing our network in Africa and providing more convenient service to the destinations our customers want to fly to most,” “This highly anticipated service will provide a key gateway between Lagos and Washington D.C., as well as easy one-stop connections to almost 80 destinations across the Americas, including Houston and Chicago.”

This is coming at a time when some countries are issuing travel bans on others over the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant called Omicron. Canada on Tuesday banned Nigeria, Malawi, and Egypt from travelling to the country in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus which was first detected in Southern Africa earlier in the month of November. That brought the number of African countries in Canada’s travel ban list to 10,  having banned Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

A water cannon salute marked the arrival of United flight UA612 with Oluwatomi Bola-Sadipe, United’s Country Sales Manager Nigeria, Victoria Shin-Aba, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Regional General Manager and Claire Pierangelo, U.S. Consul General welcoming the first arriving United customers at Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

This new flight builds on United’s expansion into Africa and solidifies the airline’s leadership position from Africa to the U.S. Earlier this year, the airline launched a new service between Johannesburg and New York/Newark and between Accra and Washington, D.C.

The airline also said that it will between this December and January 2022, increase its operations in Accra from three weekly flights to daily, adding that it will also bring back its popular nonstop service between Cape Town and New York/Newark on 1 December 2021.

The United Travel Experience

The revolutionary design of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft offers customers many features for increased comfort, such as large windows, spacious overhead storage and modern LED lighting to simulate a full day, helping passengers adjust their internal clock on the transatlantic flight. In addition, a lower cabin altitude, cleaner air, and smoother ride help customers feel rested on arrival.

United Polaris business class is a premium travel experience that prioritises relaxation and comfort, featuring restaurant-quality in-flight dining, premium amenity kits, and full flat-bed seats.

Flight Safety

United Airlines said it is committed to putting health and safety at the forefront of every customer’s journey, with the goal of delivering an industry-leading standard of cleanliness through its United CleanPlus℠ program.

It said it has teamed up with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to redefine cleaning and health safety procedures from check-in to landing and has implemented more than a dozen new policies, protocols and innovations designed with the safety of customers and employees in mind.

United’s new flights comply with each countries’ COVID-19 protocols and customers should check destination requirements before travelling.

United customers in Nigeria can book flights online by visiting united.com, visiting the United Ticket Office (United Airlines, 3rd Floor Aviation Plaza, 3 Kodesho Street, Ikeja, Lagos) Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., contacting United Reservations on 07000334444 or their travel agent.

Below is the flight of the airline beginning from December 1, 2021, to 11 March 2022.

Lagos (LOS) – Washington Dulles (IAD)

Note: The first operation from LOS is on a Wednesday.

Washington Dulles (IAD) – Lagos (LOS)

All times are local.

Admin

+ posts

• Media Scholars, Practitioners Urge UCJ-UNN Members To Remain Focused On Campus Journalism 
• Transcorp Power Records N142bn Revenue In 2023
• NCDMB Exec Sec Visits Pipe Coating Firms, Pledges Support For Local Capacities 
• Ford Foundation Partners Foster Collaborative Solutions For Host Community Development Trusts Implementation In Nigeria