| Airline: | Med-View Airline |
| Iata: | VL |
| Icao: | MEV |
| Callsign: | MED-VIEW |
| Fleet Size: | 4 |
| Destinations: | 13 |
| Founded: | 2004 |
| Headquarters: | Lagos, Nigeria |
Med-View Airline was a Nigerian airline headquartered and based in Lagos.
The airline was founded in 2007 as a charter airline, mainly operating Hajj 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 Nigerian Stock Exchange on January 31, 2017.[1]
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.[2] In April 2018, Medview Airline suspended international flight operations[3] mostly due to debts and decreased aircraft. By October 2018, Medview had reportedly sacked over 100 staff[4] some of who were owed about 6 months salaries. As of August, 2019 Medview reportedly shutdown all operations[5] as its only operating aircraft went out of service. The airline was the only Nigerian airline to be listed in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.[6]
As of November 2022, Nigerian authorities confirmed that the airline no longer holds a valid air operator certificate.[7]
As of February 2015, Med-View Airline had operated nine domestic and nine international scheduled destinations in states across Nigeria, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East:[8] [9]
| Hub | ||
| Future | ||
| Terminated route | ||
| Suspended route |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABV | DNAA | Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport | ||||
| ABJ | DIAP | Port Bouet Airport | ||||
| ACC | DGAA | Kotoka International Airport | ||||
| CKY | GUCY | Conakry International Airport | ||||
| DKR | GOOY | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | ||||
| DXB | OMDB | Dubai International Airport | ||||
| ENU | DNEN | Akanu Ibiam International Airport | ||||
| FNA | GFLL | Lungi International | ||||
| ILR | DNIL | Ilorin International Airport | ||||
| KAN | DNKN | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | ||||
| LOS | DNMM | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||
| LGW | EGKK | London Gatwick Airport | ||||
| MIU | DNMA | Maiduguri International | ||||
| ROB | GLRB | Roberts International (Roberts Field) | ||||
| QOW | DNIM | Sam Mbakwe Airport | ||||
| PHC | DNPO | Port Harcourt International Airport | ||||
| YOL | DNYO | Yola Airport |
The Med-View Airline fleet includes the following aircraft as of February 2021:[10]
| + Med-View Airline fleet | Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Boeing 737-400 | 2 | - | - | 168 | 168 | ||
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | - | - | 120 | 120 | ||
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | - | 38 | 285 | 323 | ||
| Total | 4 | - | |||||