BA celebrate 75 years of Nigeria flights
24.10.11
British Airways marked 75 years of flying to Nigeria at a gala event in Lagos. Country Commercial Manager for Nigeria, A lot has happened since it made its debut flight to Lagos in 1936 through its predecessor, Imperial Airways, one of the pioneering airlines in Africa.
The flight, an extension of a service from Kano to Khartoum, connected to the weekly Imperial Airways flight from Khartoum to Croydon in London. Imperial Airways was succeeded by BOAC, and at the end of World War II it opened the London - Lagos services via Casablanca, Dakar and Accra, with the flight taking 29 hours.
A commercial jet service started on the route on April 1, 1964, using a Vickers VC-10, flying Heathrow - Kano - Lagos. These services were taken over by British Caledonian Airways in 1971, which later merged with BA.
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