Medview suspends Dubai operations

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Medview suspends Dubai operations



By Kelvin Osa Okunbor



Medview Airlines said on Monday that  it will be suspending its Dubai operations until March 2017.
 Its Managing Director, Muneer Bankole disclosed this at a briefing in Lagos.
Medview began Dubai operations on  December 7, 2017.
He said the airline was not suspending operations on account of indebtedness but took the decision to create time to fix its aircraft.
Bankole said : " 'We have shut down Dubai operations till March 24th when our own aircraft B767-300ER returns from complete refurbishment in the UK. Passengers who have booked with us will be flown to their destination via interline arrangements."
Speaking on its recent challenges with its London operations, the airline's MD said the airline has paid 1.45million pounds for service provided by Menzes, its ground handlers in UK and has an outstanding of 37thousuand pounds.
He futher disclosed that the airline had paid 45thousand pounds ahead, which could be accessed in case there was any default.
He stressed that the ground handling company had no basis for grounding their operations, as they could have accessed the security fund which had been paid ahead.
Speaking on the challenging environment, he said "On this part of the world, it is difficult to compete with the big players on the other side. If you do not have the resources and support from the central bank to provide you dollars for your operations, there is no how you can survive ."There is no place in this country or in this part of the world, where you have a basic Maintenace Repair Overhaul, such that if anything happens to your aircraft, you can maintain it. There are no spare parts vendor that can provide you support in 24hours but in Europe, there are platforms 24hours working," he explained.

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