Med-View Airline was a

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headquartered and based in

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History

The airline was founded in 2007 as a

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, mainly operating

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flights, and has offered domestic passenger services since November 2012. It had since expanded into regional and long-haul scheduled passenger routes. Med-View Airline Plc was listed on the

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on January 31, 2017. The airline laid off 90% of its employees between November 2017 and June 2018. Med-View Airline sacked and owes existing workers at least N1.5billion in salary arrears, pension and other entitlements. In April 2018, Medview Airline suspended international flight operations mostly due to debts and decreased aircraft. By October 2018, Medview had reportedly sacked over 100 staff some of who were owed about 6 months salaries. As of August, 2019 Medview reportedly shutdown all operations as its only operating aircraft went out of service. The airline was the only

n airline to be listed in the

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. As of November 2022, Nigerian authorities confirmed that the airline no longer holds a valid

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.ch-aviation.com - Nigerian regulator confirms Med-View Airline AOC expired
29 November 2022

Destinations

As of February 2015, Med-View Airline had operated nine domestic and nine international scheduled destinations in states across

, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East:

Fleet

Med-View Airline Boeing 737-400 at Abuja

Med-View Airlines, 5N-BQM, Boeing 737-5Q8 (28417126331)

The Med-View Airline fleet includes the following

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as of February 2021:planespotters.net - Med-View Airline
retrieved 12 February 2021

References

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{{Airlines of Nigeria Airlines banned in the European Union Defunct airlines of Nigeria Companies based in Lagos Airlines established in 2004 Nigerian companies established in 2004