Angola Airlines to commence its service in Nigeria soon to enhance trade relations

The Angolan Minister of external relations, Manuel Augusto has recently said that Angola Airlines will start its service in Nigeria by June this year to boost trade relations between the two nations.

Manuel Augusto said in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja that Angola was putting in place measures to deepen its bilateral relations with Nigeria. “As you know we have Arik Airlines from Nigeria flying to Angola. From the next month – June 10, I think the Angola Airline will start flying to Nigeria because there is an increase in the inflow of passengers from both countries,” he said.

Both the countries (Angola and Nigeria) have agreed to follow up on the implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed on the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between them. “As you know that Angola is also a transit for other continents like South America and it is one of the few of African countries that fly to Brazil daily,” Manuel Augusto cited.

According to him, Angola and Nigeria had also agreed to hold the sixth bilateral commission as soon as possible, which would be followed by the Angola-Nigeria business forum by business people from both sides. “So, all these make the cooperation between Nigeria and Angola very important; there are lots of Nigerian businessmen in Angola. However, what both governments need to do is to create a better environment for them to do their businesses. So, the future for the cooperation between Angola and Nigeria is very bright and we will do our part to set up institutions to create the condition,” he added.

He said that both countries had relied too much on oil, which he said was not wise. According to him, the Angolan government is putting in place measures to ensure a conducive environment for the development of the economy and business in the country.

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