By Bashir Mohammed
Kano
Max Air limited has signed a contract agreement with the federal government to evacuate 3,184 out of the 5,037 Nigerians expected to return home from Libya in the next few days.
This was contained in a statement signed by the airline’s Public Relations Manager, Alhaji Ibrahim Dahiru and made available to Blueprint in Kano.
He said the contract to evacuate Nigerians from Libya was signed between the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and representative of Max Airline, Malam Shehu Wada over the weekend.
“With this development, Max Air is expected to operate six flights to bring in the 3,184 Nigerians from Libya, using its large fleet of Boeing 747-400 series aircraft,” he said.
Dahiru said, recently, Niger Republic engaged the airline to evacuate over 5, 000 Nigerians which it did successfully.
Max Air limited has been the leading airline in Hajj and Umrah 0perations in the last eleven years in Nigeria, and has also been involved in the evacuation of Nigerians from Libya and Egypt recently as well as the movement of many nationals, especially sports men, women and military personnel to other places in the world.
