Arik Air suspends flights to West Coast

Our Reporter

AS COVID -19 ravages global aviation, Nigerian carrier – Arik Air on Wednesday said it will temporarily suspend flights on its West African Coast destination effective Monday, March 23, 2020.

Spokesman of the airline, Chief Executive Officer of Arik Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu disclosed this in an interview.

He said the management of the airline took the decision after a careful analysis of the novel CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ilegbodu elaborated: “The safety and well-being of our personnel and valued customers are paramount at this critical time. We do not want to take chances and this is why we have taken this decision”.

The airline apologizes to customers whose travel plans may have been affected by the suspension of flights and promise to mitigate the effects by ensuring a prompt refund of tickets.