Sierra Leone National carrier, Air Sierra Leone, has resumed its scheduled flight operations between Lagos and Freetown after over 15 years of inactiveness.
Air Sierra Leone returned to Nigeria in partnership with a Nigerian airline, XEJet.
While XEjet provides technical support to the airline, it also provides three operational aircraft for the airline to return to the country.
While speaking with journalists at the sideline of the inaugural flight ceremony, on Wednesday, at the Lagos airport, Air Sierra Leone General Manager, Edgard Lacle, expressed joy for the return of the airline to the country.
Lacle told journalists that the airline has secured permission to operate in the country three times weekly; on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Promising that the schedule will be increased as the number of passengers increases.
For the inaugural flight to Lagos, the airline boss said its aircraft conveyed 36 passengers into the country.