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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Arik Air on Wednesday announced the reduction of flights due to the lingering scarcity of JET A1 (aviation fuel). The airline made the announcement in a statement by its Communications Manager, Mr. Ola Adebanji, in Lagos. Arik Air said that aviation fuel scarcity started manifesting last week...

The management of Arik Air has said the emergency landing on Friday of its Boeing 737 aircraft flying from Lagos to Jos was due to a noise in one of the engines. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-MJD, reportedly lost one of its two engines mid-air with over 100 passengers on board...

An Arik Air aircraft lost one of its two engines mid-air with over 100 passengers on board at the weekend. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 with the registration number 5N-MJD, departed Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, for Jos when the pilot discovered that the plane had lost one of its engines...