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  • Arik Air introduces fly- to- vote promo

    Arik Air has introduced a N16, 000 fly- to -vote promotion to encourage Nigerians travel to their respective wards to cast their votes in the rescheduled elections.

    The promo also covers the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections holding across the country on February 23, 2019 and March 9, 2019 respectively.

    Read Also: Arik Air resumes Warri flights

    The N16, 000 promotional fare is the one-way ticket cost to any domestic destination on Arik Air’s network and customers must present a valid Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) at the point of purchase and at check in to be eligible to fly.

    The fly- to- vote promotion is available for sale from Monday, February 18, 2019 till Tuesday, March 11, 2019 for travel between Thursday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 26, 2019 as well as between Thursday, March 7, 2019 and Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

    Elaborating on the need for the promotion, Arik Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu said: “We have put this promotional fare in place to ameliorate the effect of the postponement on the traveling public and encourage voter participation.”

     

     

  • Arik Air resumes Warri flights

    Arik Air said Thursday that it will  resume flight operations to Osubi Airport, Warri with effective  Friday, October 26, 2018 following the reopening of the Airport closed on September 3, 2018 by Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).

    Its spokesman, Adebanji Ola disclosed this in a statement.

    Read Also: Arik Air resumes flights from Abuja to Calabar, Uyo

    According to him, Arik  Air operates two daily flights from Lagos to Warri and one flight from Abuja to Warri. He said flights into Osubi are  also resuming same day.

    Also speaking , its Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, said the airline is pleased  to welcome passengers back on the Lagos-Warri and Abuja-Warri routes with a promise of on-time departures and great customer experience. 

    Arik Air recently launched its Mobile App to further boost customer experience. Free to download on Google Play store and IOS App Store, the app presents consumers with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

  • Arik Air resumes flights from Abuja to Calabar, Uyo

    Arik Air resumes flights from Abuja to Calabar, Uyo

    Arik Air on Tuesday announced that it was resuming flight operations on the Abuja-Calabar and Abuja-Uyo routes from December 15.

    Its Communications Manager, Mr Ola Adebanji, disclosed this in Lagos in a statement.

    Adebanji said the airline was increasing its capacity ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations to enable customers celebrate the season with their families and friends.

    He said: “The capacity increase which will boost our key domestic routes, especially in the South East and South-South zones, takes effect from December 15 to run through January 14, 2018.

    “The main highlights of the new schedule are the resumption of Abuja to Calabar and Abuja to Uyo routes which were suspended earlier in the year.

    Read also: Arik air resumes Abuja-Accra flights July 17, says CEO

    “Arik Air will be flying daily from Abuja to Uyo and five times a week from Abuja to Calabar.

    “Similarly, the airline has increased its frequencies between Lagos to Calabar, Lagos to Uyo, Lagos to Enugu, Lagos to Owerri, Abuja to Enugu to daily flights.

    “It will operate the Lagos to Asaba route five times weekly during the period.”

    According to him, customers that want to fly Arik Air on the Lagos-Port Harcourt route now have an early morning ( 7 a.m. ) departure from Port Harcourt and late evening ( 5 p.m. ) flight from Lagos.

    Arik Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu,  said the airline came up with the new schedules because of its love for its intending passengers.

    He said that Arik Air was aware that many Nigerians would like to seize the opportunity it offered to celebrate the Yuletide with their loved ones across the country.

    “As a caring airline, we have put measures in place to fly customers to their respective destinations during this festive season,” he said.

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  • Ethiopian Airlines plans to take over Arik

    Ethiopian Airlines plans to take over Arik

    The Management of Ethiopian Airlines has submitted a formal proposal to take charge of troubled carrier Arik Air, which accounts for more than half of air passenger in Nigeria, according to official statistics.

    Speaking to the media, Esayas WoldeMariam, Ethiopian Airlines’ managing director of international services, said the airline has outlined its terms and conditions to the Nigerian government and waiting for its response on the matter.

    “We are capable and desirous of handling the airline,” WoldeMariam noted without specifying details of the offer.

    The Ethiopian Airline chief said he expects competition for Arik from international airlines.

    Arik is operated by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) since government’s bailout in February.

    The bailout was forced by a prolonged crisis occasioned by cancelled services, unpaid staff salaries and mounting debt.

    Arik’s Managing Director, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, said in August the company had stabilized under AMCON’s leadership, with “services running smoothly and salaries paid.”

  • Arik Air management restates commitment to safety standards

    The new management of Arik Air has reiterated commitment to high safety standards as it continues with the task of re-positioning the airline.

    Mr Simon Tumba, Arik air media consultant, said on Friday in a statement that the new management of the airline is more safety conscious.

    “Irrespective of the enemies of the government and their resolve to transform the career, the management of Arik (under receivership) is not distracted.

    “Arik will continue to maintain the highest operational and safety standards, which the airline has been known for since its inception in 2006,” he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline was on Feb. 9 taken over by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) due to its huge debt profile.

    AMCON had thereafter appointed Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, a veteran aviation expert, to manage the airline under the receivership of Mr Oluseye Opasanya (SAN).

    Tumba said the takeover of the airline by AMCON had not in any way eroded the confidence of the flying public and all other business partners of the largest carrier in Nigeria.

    According to him, the new management of the airline is more safety conscious than the former management which neglected critical details that are needed to run a sensitive business like an airline.

    “Ilegbodu has worked at the highest level as a regulator when he served the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

    “He has successfully managed at least two major airlines in the country, which is why he is well regarded and respected in the airline industry.

    “It would be recalled that when the new Arik management team took over the affairs of Arik in February, they met a depleted fleet and 18 unserviceable aircraft.

    “There was no single spare part in the store, which is highly unethical and dangerous in aviation business.

    “It was, therefore, only a matter of time for the few serviceable aircraft to be grounded,” Tumba said.

    He disclosed that the maintenance/engineering department of the airline was now alive to its responsibility of ensuring that Arik Air’s fleets are maintained according to airworthiness standards at all times.

    According to him, the new management of the airline has ordered more aircraft spares, which have started arriving and in the coming days more aircraft will become serviceable and ready to join the fleet.

  • Arik resolves industrial disputes, resumes flight operations

    Arik resolves industrial disputes, resumes flight operations

    The management of Arik Airline says it has resolved the lingering impasse with labour unions in a meeting mediated by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

    According to a statement issued on Friday by the Media Consultant to the airline, Mr Simon Tumba, the NCAA brokered the peace meeting held Thursday evening.

    Tumba listed unions at the meeting to include the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Association of Aircraft Pilot and Engineers.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offices of the troubled airline were on Thursday picketed by the three aviation unions.

    According to Tumba, the airline has resumed normal operations with effect from Friday morning on all routes.

    He quoted Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, the Chief Executive Officer of the airline, as saying: “the management apologise to its customers for the disruption of services on Thursday following the picketing of its operations by the unions.”

    He added, “We reassure our customers of timely departure, great travel experience and look forward to welcoming them on board our flights.”

    Meanwhile, Tumba said the airline had reactivated its online platform for customers to book and pay online through all its network.

    He explained that the airline’s on time departure performance had improved by over 80 per cent in the last three weeks.