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    Business Arik Air to Slash Seat Capacity By 53% For Rest Of 2017

    A ForwardKeys' recent analysis for seat capacity for travel to top ten international airports in Africa Nigeria's economic woes continues to take its toll on the travel industry as a recent study shows a substantial drop in seats available for both domestic and international travel from Lagos...
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    Business Arik Air Resumes Flight Operations To Maiduguri After 4 Years

    Arik Air has resumed flight operations to Maiduguri, north-eastern part of Nigeria after 4 years. Announcing the resumption in a press statement in Lagos, Arik Air aid flights to Maiduguri will operate thrice weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with possibility of increasing the frequency...
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    Politics Buhari Appoints Lufthansa, 5 Others Advisers For National Carrier

    President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has appointed advisers to help set up a national airline and develop its aviation infrastructure – currently seen as a barrier to economic growth – to create a hub for West Africa, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on...
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    Business Arik Air Workers Shut Down Operations

    Arik Air has on Thursday been shut down by Aviation unions, Premium Times report says. The unions, which include the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, on Wednesday...
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    Business AMCON Employs Foreign Airlines to Manage Arik Air

    Mr. Ahmed Kuru, the Managing Director of the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has stated that foreign airline operators will be called on to manage Arik Airline. In a session with House of Representatives aviation committee on Wednesday in Abuja, he said AMCON is already discussing...
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    Business KPMG To Audit Arik Air

    The new management of Arik Air has appointed KPMG, a world-class financial expert, to undertake a forensic and diagnostic audit of the finances of the airline to ascertain the true status of its finances. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday issued by Simon Tumba of SY&T Communications...
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    Business FG Reveals Plan For ‘Newly Acquired’ Arik Air

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied plans to convert embattled airline, Arik Air, to a national carrier. Reacting to the rumour, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Affairs, Aviation Ministry, Mr. James Odaudu, explained that the report was false and unfounded. He explained that...
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    Business Nigeria: Arik Air Talks Tough, Vows to Challenge AMCON Takeover

    Arik Air has announced that it would challenge its take-over by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). Arik Air Senior Vice President Ado Sanusi, in a press conference with the newly appointed receiver manager, Oluseye Opasanya, and the airline’s technical consultant, Roy Ilegbodu...
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    Business Arik Air Suspends Flights To New York

    Arik Air has temporarily suspended its flight operations to the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States Punch reported that the two Airbus A330-200 aircraft dedicated to the route have been taken to France for C check, which is an extensive visual inspection of specified...
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    Business Nigerian Govt Takes Over Arik Airline

    The Federal Government has reportedly taken over financially distressed Arik Airlines. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, said the decision to intervene clearly underscores the government’s commitment to instill sanity in the...
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    Business EFCC Quizzes Arik Air Chairman, Arumemi-Ikhide

    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, visited Arik Air’s head office and quizzed its Chairman, Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide. The airline in a statement signed by its Public Relations and Communications Manager, Adebanji Ola, said Arumemi-Ikhide later visited...
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    Business Arik Air Keeps Passengers Waiting in Kaduna Airport For Four Days

    Several passengers, including children, were stranded at Kaduna International Airport since on Tuesday following the failure of Arik Airlines to airlift them as scheduled. Some of the disappointed passengers made the complaint to the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, at the...
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    Business Arik Air Releases Statement Over Attack On Its Lagos Manager

    Arik airline has released a statement condemning the attack on one of its managers by angry passengers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport two days ago. In a statement signed by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, the airline said the verbal and physical attack on its staff and...
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    Metro Angry Passengers Beat Up Arik Air Staff at Lagos Airport [VIDEO]

    Angry passengers at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos reportedly beat up Arik Airline's Customer Service Liaison Manager, Andrew Umogbai. The Passengers were reportedly angry that their flight from Lagos to Johannesburg got cancelled for three consecutive days without any good explanation...
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    Metro Arik Air: Stranded Passengers Sleep on Floor Overnight at Lagos Airport [PHOTOS]

    Despite resuming operations last week Wednesday after workers shut down operations over non-payment of salaries, stranded Arik Airline passengers were yesterday forced to sleep on the floor while waiting at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos State. Some were said to have...
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    Metro FG Punishes Arik Air for Delaying Passengers' Luggage

    The federal government Nigeria has fined Air Air N6m for delaying the luggage of passengers on one of its flights. According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, passengers complained of delay and inability of Arik Air to ferry their luggage from London to Lagos from the 2nd, 3rd and...
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    Metro Nigeria: Aviation Workers Suspend Strike After Shutting Down Arik Air

    Nigeria's aviation unions who shut down Arik Air operations on Tuesday have called off their crippling strike. The unions had embarked on the joint strike following the airline’s failure to pay seven months’ salary arrears and other alleged anti-labour practices. The strike had crippled the...
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    Business Arik Air Shut Down As Workers' Protests 7 Months Salaries Arrears

    Staff of Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik, have shut down its operations in Lagos over inability of the company to pay seven month salaries. The staff are currently staging a protest at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed airport. The protesters displayed placards containing...
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    Business Arik Air Workers Commence Indefinite Strike Today

    Staff of Arik Air will today embark on an indefinite strike action today (Tuesday) over non-payment of seven months’ salaries. PUNCH reports that Arik Air staff were directed to embark on the strike by the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, National Union of Air Transport...
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    Metro Nigeria: Stow Away Found Dead on Arik Air Plane

    The corpse of a stowaway has been found in the main wheel well of one of Arik Air’s A330-200 aircraft at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. Arik Air Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, said the aircraft operated the scheduled Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed the...
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