Arik Air, Nigeria’s major carrier is availing customers the opportunity of celebrating this year’s Valentine with their loved ones by launching a special promotion where guests can save up to 50 per cent on companion tickets. To enjoy this promotion, a couple needs to buy one economy class ticket and get 50 per cent discount […]
Read More The management of Arik Air says there will be slight disruption of flights during the Yuletide, due to operational issues and adverse weather conditions. In a statement signed by the airline’s media consultant, Mr Simon Tumba on Thursday in Lagos, the airline said the adverse weather would affect coastal areas, especially Benin, Enugu, Asaba and […]
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Nigeria’s commercial airlines have the oldest aircraft fleet in Africa, with the age of an aircraft in one of the airlines, being 28.1 years, the age many planes are either due for retirement or decommissioning or may have been retired at least some years earlier. In sharp contrast, major African airlines, such as Ethiopian Airlines, […]
Read More Arik Air says it will begin flights to Bauchi from Lagos and Abuja on May 9. The commencement of Bauchi-bound flights will make the state the 20th domestic destination plied by the airline. According to a statement released by the airline on Monday, there will be three weekly flights from Abuja to Bauchi. “The airline […]
Read More Management of Arik Air says it has reduced flight fares for its Lagos-Abuja routes. In a statement on Monday, the airline also said it has reduced the price of its Lagos to Accra one-way ticket from ₦51,240 to ₦43,000. “Arik Air has introduced pocket-friendly fares on the Lagos-Accra and Abuja-Accra routes,” the statement read. “You […]
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Nigeria’s Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has pushed aside the suit flied by shareholders of Arik Air against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over purported talks to rescue the troubled carrier. According to AMCON, the fact that the Arik is hugely indebted to various creditors to the tune of over ₦300 billion, and has […]
Read More Arik Air Limited has filed a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline. The suit was instituted by the airline at the Federal High Court, Lagos against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney […]
Read More Nigeria own Asset Management Company (AMCON) has denied the story making the rounds that Ethiopian Airlines was in discussion with it to buy over Arik Air. AMCON in a statement by its Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Jude Nwauzor, explained that contrary to such reports, AMCON was not aware of any current discussion or negotiation […]
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Ethiopian Airlines, a leading African carrier, owned 100 per cent by the Ethiopian government, says it has made a bid to the Federal Government to take over embattled Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline. Arik Air, which was taken over the Federal Government through the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) last February due to its […]
Read More Arik Air has completed the migration of passenger service solution to Hitit’s Crane Solution Suite. The airline becomes the eighth African airline to sign to the Crane Solution Suite. Hitit Crane Solution (CS) actively supports airlines’ operations in Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia and Namibia having prioritised Africa as an area of strategic focus. In 2016, Hitit’s […]
Read More Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest carrier said on Friday it would resume daily flight operations between Abuja and Accra, Ghana on July 17. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, disclosed this on Friday in Lagos that the resumption of flights between the two countries was part of efforts to satisfy the company’s customers. Ilegbodu […]
Read More The Asset Management Company of Nigeria-appointed management of Arik Air has said that as a result of the rot in the airline, it is being forced to make refunds of between N60m and N75m to dissatisfied customers on a weekly basis. According to the Chief Executive Officer, Arik Air, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, the new management […]
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