Article: Emirates serves key African oil nation as flights to Luanda come on stream.(Emirates Airline)

Emirates' 18th destination in Africa, oil-rich Angola, came on stream yesterday with the launch of flights to Luanda. Amongst the VIP delegation joining the inaugural flight from Dubai were Nigel Page, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Americas & Africa; Rui Mangueira, the Angolan Ambassador to the UAE; Julio Maiato, Angola's Consul General in Dubai and Salah Sharaf, Director General, Sharaf Group. The three times a week service means Emirates now serves Africa's two biggest oil exporters. The award winning carrier has been serving Nigeria since 2004 and went double daily to Lagos in February. The new non-stop air-link also comes at a time of ...

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