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 Airline gets boost ahead of Yuletide season ARIK AIR has received two aircraft, a Q-400 and a Boeing 737-800 from C-Check conducted by Lufthansa Technik AG in Malta over the weekend, thereby boosting the operations of the airline in the coming festive season. This is just as the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) plans to receive an additional two …

As Sirika maintains airline unfit for national carrier The discourse on the National carrier issue deepens with others, including the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika lending thoughts towards whether or not government will make what they believe is the right decision and put to rest the feeling of uncertainty with regards the fate of Nigeria Air and what Government …

“To me, as I said on the Flightdeck Forum, the option remains Arik, Arik, Arik or look for a domestic carrier or any other carrier within to partner to start it. When you partner with another airline to start it then you are having three government carriers in place. I feel it’s a good thing, I am happy AMCON has changed their tone we are yet to hear from the Federal Government although we only saw that money was budgeted but we are not sure what route they would take. And if you look at the amount budgeted, that amount cannot do anything to start a national carrier from the scratch. As at today we have not seen a clear cut investor that is ready to partner with FG, I think the best way to go is to look at the Arik, Aero option and move with it.”

ARIK AIR has again won the award of the Most Recognizable Airline Brand in West Africa. The award was bestowed on Arik Air at the African Travel Times 2019 Awards held at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana. This is the second consecutive year the airline will be winning the prestigious award. The publisher of African Travel Times, Lucky Onoriode George …

​ARIK AIR has announced the it is re-launching flight services to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri the Imo State capital and will soon be returning to previously suspended routes. The airline stated that daily flights to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport, Lagos will resume on Monday, October 21, 2019. Arik Air suspended flights to Owerri early this year due …

ON Photo Reel this week events industry wide centered around the 2019 Customer Service Week tagged The magic of service with agencies, service providers and different companies went all out to make the week memorable and worthwhile from FAAN, UBA, Arik and a host of others. Also during same week, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group NESG held its 25th gathering …

ARIK AIR says it still has its sights set on recommencing it’s suspended international operations but that the plans may take some time giving that the processes are complex and coupled with issues inherited from the past management. Managing Director of the airline, Captain Roy Ilegbodu made this known earlier today as the airline played host to the 54th Institute …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company Public Liability Company (SAHCO) has renewed its ground handling contract with Arik Air. Managing Director/CEO, SAHCO, Mr. Basil Agboarumi, during the renewal of ground handling service agreement with Arik Air at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos promised to deliver quality and improved ground handling services to all its clientele across the nation’s airports especially as …

AUDITING firm, KPMG, hired to look into the books of Arik Air is said to have uncovered newer debts from the airline’s previous management but is yet to complete its audit of the airline and so has not put a figure to the total debts, a source has told Nigerianfligfhtdeck.com. The media has been awash with an extra N20.5billiondebt uncovered …

ARIK Air has announced the resumption of flight operations to Maiduguri, Borno State via Abuja from Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Announcing the resumption in a press statement in Lagos, Arik Air said flights to Maiduguri will operate thrice weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with the possibility of increasing the frequency in the coming weeks.