Asky Airline starts Lagos-Luanda flights August 1

ASKY Airlines has announced the launch of three times weekly flights to and from Luanda, Angola, effective 01 August, 2023.

With the this launch, passengers will have seamless connection to ASKY’s vast network covering all of West and Central and South Africa markets with three direct daily service weekly per attached schedule.

“These flights will be operated using a Boeing 737-800 New Generation (NG) aircraft and are already available for sales.”, the airline said.

The airline added that tickets are now available as customers can proceed with their booking and purchase of tickets from any ASKY Ticketing office, City/Airport Ticketing Office (CTO/ATO) online via the airline’s website, ASKY mobile application or customers’ usual travel agency.

The airline had earlier restated its commitment in the Nigerian market as it makes plans to expand operations in and out of Nigeria.

The airline also recently deployed Boeing 737 series into the Nigerian market and phased out the Q400 Dash 8 series, (the turboprop aircraft designed for shorter distance flights), all in a bid to cater for the increasing passenger traffic and satisfy customer needs.

In the last one year, the airline has seen passenger number growth from Lagos and it stated that as the number continues to grow, there is a need to continue to increase capacity.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.