Med-View Airline

{{Short description|Defunct Nigerian airline headquartered in Lagos}}

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| airline = Med-View Airline

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| IATA = VL

| ICAO = MEV

| callsign = MED-VIEW

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| hubs = {{nowrap|Murtala Muhammed International Airport}}

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| fleet_size = 4

| destinations = 13

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| logo = Med-View_Airline_logo.jpg

| logo_size = 150

| founded = 2004

| ceased = 2019

| headquarters = Lagos, Nigeria

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Med-View Airline was a Nigerian airline headquartered and based in Lagos.

History

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 31 January 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nigerianstockexchange.com/mediacenter/pressreleases/Pages/Med-View-Airline-Lists-on-the-NSE.aspx|title=Med-View Airline Lists on the NSE|website=nigerianstockexchange.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-01}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://saharareporters.com/2018/11/15/revealed-med-view-airlines-n3bn-indebtedness-staff-%C2%A32m-foreign-taxes|title=Med-View Airline's N3bn Indebtedness To Staff, £2m in Foreign Taxes|author=Sahara Reporters|accessdate=15 November 2018}} In April 2018, Medview Airline suspended international flight operations{{Cite web|url=http://saharareporters.com/2018/04/10/med-view-airline-suspends-international-flight-operations|title=Med-View Airline Suspends International Flight Operations|date=2018-04-10|website=Sahara Reporters|access-date=2019-09-12}} mostly due to debts and decreased aircraft. By October 2018, Medview had reportedly sacked over 100 staff{{Cite web|url=http://saharareporters.com/2018/10/10/medview-sacks-over-100-staff|title=Medview Sacks Over 100 Staff|date=2018-10-10|website=Sahara Reporters|access-date=2019-09-12}} some of who were owed about 6 months salaries. As of August 2019 Medview reportedly shutdown all operations{{Cite web|url=http://theaviatorsafrica.com/2019/08/22/medview-airlines-suspends-operations-indefinentely/|title=Medview Airlines suspends operations indefinentely|last=theaviatorsafrica|date=2019-08-22|website=Theaviatorsafrica|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213203150/http://theaviatorsafrica.com/2019/08/22/medview-airlines-suspends-operations-indefinentely/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban_en|title=The EU Air Safety List|author=European Commission|access-date=2018-08-17}}

As of November 2022, Nigerian authorities confirmed that the airline no longer holds a valid air operator certificate.[https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/121970-nigerian-regulator-confirms-med-view-airline-aoc-expired 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 Nigeria, West Africa, Europe, and the Middle East:{{cite web|url=http://www.medviewairlineuk.co.uk/special-offers.html|title=Medview Airline Nigeria – Medview Airline UK – Medview Airline Gatwick|author=John Mathew|accessdate=11 May 2016}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.travelshopuk.co.uk/airline/medview-airline.html|title = Medview Airline|date = 22 February 2016|access-date = 22 February 2016|website = Medview Airline Flights|last = Ehtesham|first = Abbasi}}

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|Terminated route

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|Suspended route

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!style="background-color:#008000; color:white"|Airport

!style="background-color:#008000; color:white" class="unsortable"|Refs

Abuja{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|ABValign=center|DNAANnamdi Azikiwe International Airportalign=center|
Abidjan{{flag|Ivory Coast}}align=center|ABJalign=center|DIAPPort Bouet Airportalign=center|
Accra{{flag|Ghana}}align=center|ACCalign=center|DGAAKotoka International Airportalign=center|
Conakry{{flag|Guinea}}align=center|CKYalign=center|GUCYConakry International Airportalign=center|
Dakar{{flag|Senegal}}align=center|DKRalign=center|GOOYLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airportalign=center|
Dubai{{flag|UAE}}align=center|DXBalign=center|OMDBDubai International Airportalign=center|
Enugu{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|ENUalign=center|DNENAkanu Ibiam International Airportalign=center|
Freetown{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}align=center|FNAalign=center|GFLLLungi Internationalalign=center|
Ilorin{{Flag|Nigeria}}align=center|ILRalign=center|DNILIlorin International Airportalign=center|
Kano{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|KANalign=center|DNKN| Mallam Aminu Kano International Airportalign=center|
Lagos{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|LOSalign=center|DNMMstyle="background-color: #FFE6BD"|Murtala Muhammed International Airportalign=center|
London{{Flag|United Kingdom}}align=center|LGWalign=center|EGKKstyle="background-color:#8DAAE3"| London Gatwick Airportalign=center|
Maiduguri{{Flag|Nigeria}}align=center|MIUalign=center|DNMAMaiduguri Internationalalign=center|
Monrovia{{Flag|Liberia}}align=center|ROBalign=center|GLRBRoberts International (Roberts Field)align=center|
Owerri{{Flag|Nigeria}}align=center|QOWalign=center|DNIMSam Mbakwe Airportalign=center|
Port Harcourt{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|PHCalign=center|DNPOPort Harcourt International Airportalign=center|
Yola{{flag|Nigeria}}align=center|YOLalign=center|DNYOYola Airportalign=center|

Fleet

File:Med-View Airline Boeing 737-400 at Abuja.jpg]]

File:Med-View Airlines, 5N-BQM, Boeing 737-5Q8 (28417126331).jpg]]

The Med-View Airline fleet includes the following aircraft as of February 2021:[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Med-View-Airlines planespotters.net – Med-View Airline] retrieved 12 February 2021

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+ Med-View Airline fleet

!rowspan="2"|Aircraft

!rowspan="2" |In service

!rowspan="2" |Orders

!colspan="3"|Passengers

!rowspan="2" |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

!—

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References

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