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From left, Executive Director, Med-View Airline Plc, Alhaji Isiaq Na’Allah receiving Chairman, Sawal Travel & Tour, Alhaji Muazu Madawaki with them is Manager, Kano, Med-View Airline, Mr. Laaro Abdulkabir Bola at the Med-View Trade Partners Forum held in Kano, Kano State on 08/11/2017.
The management of Med-View Airline is seeking for the continuous support of travel agencies in Kano especially as the airline is concluding arrangements to begin the Dubai operations .
The support, the airline said is in the interest of the passengers and for growth of Nigerian aviation sector.
The appeal became necessary as part of the airline’s ongoing consultation with its trade partners.
The managing director of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, who made the appeal at the Med-View Airline Trade Partner Forum held at Tahir Guest Palace in Kano on Wednesday November 8 also reiterated its calls for travel agents to encourage and support local airlines in the country to grow.
According to Bankole who was represented at the forum by the director of business development and commercial, Mr. Isiaq Na’Allah, the partnership and relationship with travel agents have been very cordial and this necessitated the need to continuously partner with Med-View Airline in the interest of passengers who is the reason airlines are in business and also for the growth of the sector.
The Med-View boss explained that the main purpose of the forum was to inform travel agents that the airline would commence flight operations to Dubai in December 7, 2017 and to also inform them about the airline’s newest package called ‘Med-View Airline Holidays’.
Part of the reasons for the forums was not only to appeal to the agents to help the airline sell Med-View tickets but to also tell them to assist in selling the new package, Bankole said .
“We have been partnering for a very long time and we will continue to partner as long as the world exist.Travel agents are the sellers of product and without you it is going to be difficult to sell the product. We want you to continue to be partners.
As part of our expansion drive, we recently opened three new routes: Abidjan, Conakry, Dakar in the French speaking West Africa region. We are also about to start flight operations to Dubai route. So, we are here to tell you where we are going and to get your feed back on the routes we have been operating as you sell our tickets. Without travel agent we will not be where we are today.Your contribution have been very encouraging,” Bankole stated.
Med-View boss explained further that: “We know the role you played during Hajj and Umrah .We are still calling on you to continue to support us. We have come to tell you that we have a new product and for you to help us sell the product. We dont want you to believe that after you have sold our product we just walk away.We appeal that you sincerely tell us the truth and the challenges you face as you sell our product.”
He stated that the Maiden flight on the Dubai operations would originate from Lagos—Abuja—Dubai.
Bankole said that in the near future the airline would look at other points.
Meanwhile, the travel agents have commended the airline for achieving a lot within a very short period despite the unfavourable environment the airline operate in.
In the same vein, one of the agents has advised the airline to separate the ticket from the Med-View Holidays package.
