Fidelia Okafor.

Med-View Airlines expanded its West African sub region flight operations to include flight services to Monrovia, Liberia and Freetown, Sierra Leone via its Accra, Ghana flight.

The inaugural flight to the aforementioned two countries took off from Lagos via Kotoka International Airport, Ghana to Roberts International Airport, Liberia and Freetown International Airport, Sierra Leone.

According to the airline media consultant, Chief Obuke Oyibotha, he said it was with ecstasy and delight that the two countries welcomed the airline. He also said that it was a huge step taken by Med-View toward strengthening regional integration.

At the Roberts International Airport, Liberia where the flight was received, the Special Representative of the President of ECOWAS Commission in Liberia, Ambassador Tunde Ajisomo described the new operation as a courageous move by Med-View to fill the vacuum created by the absence of African airlines plying the West African routes.

The Managing Director of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole also said that the airline decided to open up two more routes simultaneously in order to deepen regional integration which has been agitated for by African leaders.

Also, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Ambassador Gladys Dupeola-Quist Adebiyi said the new flight operation would boost trade relations between Nigeria and Sierra Leone.