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Virgin Nigeria not allowed in the US - report

Airline Industry Information, Dec 20, 2004

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New Nigerian airline Virgin Nigeria will not be permitted to operate direct flights into the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Friday (17 December).

Since UK-registered carrier Virgin Atlantic has a 49% interest in the new airline, and the US has no open skies agreement with Britain, it would be unfair to permit Virgin Nigeria to benefit from the US-Nigeria open-skies agreement signed in 2000, said a US diplomat quoted by NAN, adding that the US would have accepted the carrier if Nigeria had chosen any other airline as a partner.

A US ban would mean that Virgin Nigeria would lose the Lagos-New York route, for which Continental Airlines has recently received the approval of the Nigerian government.

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