► NIGERIA: (Pic) Business charter specialists, Air Peace, awaiting first B737-500.

Nigerian business charter specialists, Air Peace, are set to add their first Boeing metal to their fleet of two Dornier Do328-300s with the impending arrival of a B737-500, (MSN 27530 | 5N-BQS).

►►► NIGERIA: United Airlines to start 787 service to Lagos from 2013.

[UPDATE 17 FEBRUARY] American megacarrier United Airlines (UA) is to start a 5x weekly service between Houston, Texas and the Nigerian city of Lagos using its soon-to-be delivered Boeing 787 Dreamliner, effective 7 January 2013.

► UNITED STATES: United Airlines to drop Accra - Washington DC from 4th July 2012.

Reports from Ghana state that US airline, United Airlines, is to axe its Accra - Washington DC route with effect from 4th July 2012, due to poor yields and returns.

United Airlines thus becomes the second airline after North American Airlines to cancel its service to Accra.

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