Max Air begins domestic flight, lands in Abuja Airport
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we are not new in this industry because we started slowly with worldwide charter and later entered into hajj operation and now domestic1 max air on thursday began its domestic flight operations in nigeria landing a boeing 737-300 aircraft with 29 passengers on board at the nnamdi azikiwe international airport abuja at 852 a.m1 max air had been carrying out hajj umrah and chartered operations in nigeria for over a decade before joining the domestic market1 the vice chairmanceo of the airline alhaji bashir mangal said its domestic operations had commenced in kano abuja and lagos adding that other routes would be opened in a couple of weeks1 mangal said the airline would strive to enthrone customer satisfaction through efficient service delivery adding that the airline would operate more routes like sokoto yola port harcourt and maiduguri1 he said the airline would also continue to carry out hajj umrah and charter operations1 according to him max air is starting its domestic operation with three aircraft which include b737-300 400 and 500 with plan to bring in more very soon1 right now we have a total of 11 aircraft on ground for all our operations of which we currently deploy seven for hajj and three for domestic1 the flight which departed from aminu kano international airport at 810 a.m had 27 adult and two children on board1 we plan to join other long haul flight like china uk and the u.s in the nearest future1 in the next two to three weeks we are going to deploy all our aircraft to go to all the destinations in the country1 we are going to operate lagos abuja port harcourt kano maiduguri yola and sokoto for a start and we will operate other routes as time goes on1 we are determined to satisfy our passengers through better service in order to make them happy to see the difference1 we want to do something different to satisfy their needs because we are aware of the challenges in the industry he said1 mr shehu wada company secretaryexecutive director business development max air said the airline was determined to revolutionalise domestic operation in nigeria1 wada noted that the entrance of the airline into hajj operation market brought about positive change to hajj operation in nigeria1