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China Southern Airlines Launches Beijing/Lagos Flights
China Southern Airlines is to launch flights
from Beijing to Lagos, Nigeria (via Dubai). The new service
is slated to begin on December 30 using the airline’s
new Airbus A330 aircraft, featuring China Southern’s
Premium Business Class service offering mini-pod, flat bed
seating.
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Outbound flights will depart Beijing every Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday with the return flight departing Lagos on
every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday with arrival at Beijing
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
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Chinese government figures show that bilateral
trade between China and Africa this year will exceed US$50
billion, or five times more than the amount in 2000. Nigeria
is Africa’s largest oil producer and Beijing has pledged
to loan the West African country US$7 Billion. The new route
will meet the needs of growing Sino-African diplomatic and
trade ties and facilitate common development of the Chinese
and African economies.
Lagos’ Murtala Mohammed International Airport is located
in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving
the city of Lagos, southwestern Nigeria and the entire nation.
It was named after former Nigerian military head of state
Murtala Ramat Mohammed. The international terminal was modeled
after Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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