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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 13 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||
Med-View Airline was [1] a Nigerian airline headquartered and based in Lagos.
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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 13 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||
Med-View Airline was [1] a Nigerian airline headquartered and based in Lagos.
The airline was founded in 2007 as a charter airline, mainly operating Hajj flights, and has offered domestic passenger services since November 2012. It had since expanded into regional and long-haul scheduled passenger routes. Med-View Airline Plc was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on January 31, 2017. [2]
The airline laid off 90% of its employees between November 2017 and June 2018. Med-View Airline sacked and owes existing workers at least N1.5billion in salary arrears, pension and other entitlements. [3] In April 2018, Medview Airline suspended international flight operations [4] mostly due to debts and decreased aircraft. By October 2018, Medview had reportedly sacked over 100 staff [5] some of who were owed about 6 months salaries. As of August, 2019 Medview reportedly shutdown all operations [6] as its only operating aircraft went out of service. The airline was the only Nigerian airline to be listed in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union. [7]
As of November 2022, Nigerian authorities confirmed that the airline no longer holds a valid air operator certificate. [1]
As of February 2015, Med-View Airline had operated nine domestic and nine international scheduled destinations in states across Nigeria, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East: [8] [9]
| Hub | |
| Future | |
| Terminated route | |
| Suspended route |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
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| Abuja |  Nigeria | ABV | DNAA | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | |
| Abidjan |  Ivory Coast | ABJ | DIAP | Port Bouet Airport | |
| Accra |  Ghana | ACC | DGAA | Kotoka International Airport | |
| Conakry |  Guinea | CKY | GUCY | Conakry International Airport | |
| Dakar |  Senegal | DKR | GOOY | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | |
| Dubai |  UAE | DXB | OMDB | Dubai International Airport | |
| Enugu | Nigeria | ENU | DNEN | Akanu Ibiam International Airport | |
| Freetown |  Sierra Leone | FNA | GFLL | Lungi International | |
| Ilorin | Nigeria | ILR | DNIL | Ilorin International Airport | |
| Kano | Nigeria | KAN | DNKN | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | |
| Lagos | Nigeria | LOS | DNMM | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | |
| London |  United Kingdom | LGW | EGKK | London Gatwick Airport | [7] |
| Maiduguri | Nigeria | MIU | DNMA | Maiduguri International | |
| Monrovia |  Liberia | ROB | GLRB | Roberts International (Roberts Field) | |
| Owerri | Nigeria | QOW | DNIM | Sam Mbakwe Airport | |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | PHC | DNPO | Port Harcourt International Airport | |
| Yola | Nigeria | YOL | DNYO | Yola Airport |
The Med-View Airline fleet includes the following aircraft as of February 2021: [10]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | — | — | 168 | 168 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | — | — | 120 | 120 | |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | — | 38 | 285 | 323 | |
| Total | 4 | — | ||||
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