Qatar Airways: more flights to West Africa
Qatar Airways is boosting its service to Nigeria with the launch of four weekly flights to Kano (KAN) today, 2 March 2022, and three weekly flights to Port Harcourt (PHC) tomorrow, 3 March 2022, both operating via the Nigerian capital Abuja.
The airline currently operates two daily flights to Lagos and four weekly flights to Abuja, which will expand to a daily service in March. Kano and Port Harcourt will become the seventh and eighth new African gateways launched by Qatar Airways since the start of the pandemic.
Furthermore, Qatar Airways has again awarded its ground handling contracts in Port Harcourt and Kano airports to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (Nahco). The agreement takes effect from March 2022 and will run for another five years. (cj)