well Africans are known as what they are known for; it will be a shame if agreement signed in 2005 is now having problems just withing two years of signing it . I think Richard Brandson has done Nigeria a big favour afteral they had several aircrafts and all of them went under mismanagement. Slight deviation from agreement will proof western world right that african leaders are unreliable.

Pauline Olagbaiye, Woolwich, London

Read the articel - Virgin is majority African owned with African management!!!!

chucks, Lagos, Noerica

Mr Mkhize - Were you also sick and tired of Virgin Atlantic when they bailed out the Nigerian Government with a workable plan after the collapse of the national airline? The Government signed an agreement with Virgin which they are obliged to honour, and Virgin have invested heavily in the Virgin Nigeria operation and yet to see a profit. A change in administration cannot undo the agreed terms of business unless there is legislation that makes previous agreements unlawful, and if your accusations of wrong-doing by the British government are true, then you should cite specific cases to support your argument. The insistence of the Nigerian government to move Virgin Nigeria from the international terminal is not a change in legislation, but purely pandering to the business interests of others.

James Barrows, Slough, UK

We are sick and tired of getting the British companies wanting to do as they want on the African continent. The agreements signed by a former government should be honoured by the new government, when business is the favour of the British, but when it comes for the Africans to get the same treatment in the UK seems to change. Why is that African Government never get an agreements honoured by new British Governments. When a shareholder is complaining and wanting to introduce new players on the African continent the British should follow the rules and abide to the new instruction. For example the British Airlines fly from city to city on the African continent, when the same applies to African Airlines wanting to fly fron city to city on the European market, the doors are shut as a none starter. These attitude of being professional is not true, the way things are to be done should change, its not that The African Airlines do not want to compete, but it the system is set so.

Thuthukile Mkhize, Harare, Zimbabwe