Tag: arik
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Passengers stranded as Arik Air workers protest, paralyse operations over poor working conditions
Arik Air operations were on Thursday grounded by the National Union of Air Transport Employees over poor working conditions. The workers blocked the entrance of the airline’s headquarters, carrying placards with different inscriptions. Some of the inscriptions read, “End Arik brutality”, and “Sign our condition of service and recall all staff”. They alleged that several…
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Coronavirus: Max Air, Air Peace, Dana Air, Arik suspend flights
The Max Air Transport Company said it will suspend its domestic flight from 27 March to 12 April for the safety of the general public and staff from being infected by coronavirus. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Max Air Executive Director, Mr Harish Manwani, the company expressed regret on inconvenience the act could…
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Election Postponement: Aero, Arik slash fares to encourage voters
Nigerian carriers, Aero Contractors and Arik Air, have introduced promo fares to help Nigerians who wish to travel to go and vote during the 2019 General Elections. The airlines made the announcement in separate statements issued by their spokespersons on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigerians are set to…
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Tonto Dikeh slams Arik, tells Nigerians to avoid airline
Controversial actress, Tonto Dikeh has slammed Arik Airline for delaying her flight to Port Harcourt and making her lose millions of Naira. The entertainer who was due to travel by 10:30 a.m. had her flight postponed to 6pm. Dikeh described the airline as ‘shitty, lazy and destiny killers’ the controversial actress on Instagram urged Nigerians…
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Exposed! Passenger raises alarm over fire incident on Accra bound Arik Flight
An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos Tuesday day night was alleged to have caught fire 35 minutes after take off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and took off at about 7:20p.m. Nigerian time. A passenger who…
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Panic as Arik Air fails to land in Asaba, returns to Lagos
Arik Air flight traveling from Lagos to Asaba, Delta State, made a sudden turn midair on Friday after it reached its destination but was told that the airport was “closed for the day”. Flight W3 628 had to return to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with the disappointed passengers. The spokesperson of the airline,…
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Arik: Senate summons AMCON boss, to appear today
Following the take-over of the management of Arik Air by the Federal Government, the Senate has summoned the management of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON. This came as the airline’s new management announced suspension of flights to London and South Africa to focus on domestic and West African operations. In a notice signed by…
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More facts on AMCON’s aquisition of Arik Air
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria,yesterday took over the operations of, Arik Air, and appointed Capt. Roy Ukpebo Ilegbodu as its new manager. TheNewsGuru.com gathered that the embattled airline was indebted to alone to the tune of over N300bn, with AMCON alone owed N135bn. Officials of the aviation arm of the Federal Ministry of Transportation…
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Arik Air laments incessant attacks by passengers on staff, property
Arik Air on Thursday lamented incessant attacks by some aggrieved passengers on its staff and property at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The airline made this known in a statement signed by its Communications Manager, Mr Ola Adebanji and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The statement said the…
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Breaking: ‘Arik to pay N6m fine over delay of passengers luggage’
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has fined Arik Air N6m over delay and inability of the airline to ferry passengers luggage from London to Lagos from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, 2016. The airline was also directed to pay each affected passenger, the sum of $150 as compensation for inconveniences suffered as a…