In August 2008 a row broke out between Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Nigeria when the latter's domestic flights were moved to a different terminal at Lagos airport. The row grew to the point where Virgin Atlantic eventually decided to dissociate itself from the African subsidiary and sell it's 49% shareholding.
In January of this year the Nigerian carrier announced that it was terminating it's Lagos - London Gatwick route and two weeks ago it announced that it had singed a Technical Service Agreement with Ethiopian Airlines, severing the last remaining ties with it's former UK parent.
The managing director of Virgin Nigeria, Capt. Dapo Olumide announced last week that the rebranding of the airline is in top gear and would be completed by year end. The rebranding would be total with the airline's name, logo and corporate identity being changed.
The first move in implementing the new aircraft color scheme occurred today when the carrier's B737-33V registered 5N-VNF arrived in Shannon for painting at Lufthansa Aircraft Paint Shannon. The aircraft is msn 29341 and is the former easyJet machine G-EZYR. Pictured above 5N-VNF is seen on taxiway D2 at Shannon following it's arrival from Lagos via Palma.
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