Maple Aviation Logistics (Lagos) has announced plans to venture into the scheduled domestic Nigerian passenger services market.
Chief Executive Officer, Folarin Adesemowo, said in a press release the carrier, which has thus far operated in the business charter niche, would lease an E135 from an unspecified local operator of the type for use on flights from Lagos to each of Abuja and Port Harcourt Awolowo.
“The current economic downturn in the country has forced many company executives to cut down their travel costs and look for a less expensive but comfortable and reliable way to fly within the country," he said. "This travel solution offers similar boarding facility as a private jet that is on timely departure, no queues at check-in and take off is at private jet terminals.”
No further information was disclosed concerning the date of the flights' launch.
According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, there are four operators of the ERJ-135 in Nigeria: Bristow Helicopters Nigeria (BHN, Lagos), MaxAir (Nigeria) (VM, Katsina), Prime Air Services (Kaduna), and Skyjet Aviation Services (Kaduna).
