Arik Air

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Arik Air Nigeria
IATA W3	ICAO ARA	Callsign ARIK AIR
Founded		2006
Hubs		Murtala Mohammed International Airport
Fleet size		10
Destinations		{{{destinations}}}
Headquarters		Lagos, Nigeria
Key people		CEO Alex van Elk
Website: http://www.arikair.com

Arik Air is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria operating a growing domestic network. Regional and international destinations are planned to be added. Its main base is Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
- 2.1 Africa
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

On 3 April 2006, Arik Air took over the former Nigeria Airways facilities in Lagos, some three years after liquidation and began reconstruction work. On 14 June 2006, Arik took delivery of the two new Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft to fly domestic routes throughout Nigeria and to the African continent from summer 2006, two former United Airlines Boeing 737-322 and three 50 seat Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft. On 30 October 2006 Arik began scheduled passenger flights with four flights between Lagos and Abuja using CRJ 900 aircraft. Flight operations began to Calabar on 15 November 2006 and services to Benin City and Enugu started on 17 January 2007^[2]. The airline is wholly owned by Ojemai Investments^[1].

[edit] Destinations

The initial domestic network was expected to cover the following cities: Abuja, Calabar, Enugu,Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Maiduguri, Port Harcourt, and Yola. Preparations are also underway to launch West Coast flights to Accra and Dakar.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2006, the Federal Ministry of Aviation granted Arik Air authorization to fly to Trinidad and Tobago and Amsterdam, London, Madrid in Europe. Furthermore, the airline has received traffic rights to Atlanta, Birmingham, Miami, and Houston in the United States. These international routes to the US, UK and Far East will be introduced by 2008.^{[citation needed]}

The airline plans to serve 10 destinations in Nigeria and add three international routes in Africa. Long-haul routes to the Far East, United States and United Kingdom will be introduced later in 2007^[3]

[edit] Africa

Nigeria

[edit] Fleet

**Arik Air Fleet**^{[citation needed]}
Type	Fleet	Routes	Notes
Boeing 737-322	2		Built in 1990
Boeing 737-700	0	^[4]		2 on order
CRJ-200	3		Built in 2003
Bombardier CRJ-900	3^[5]		1 additional on order
Hawker Executive Jets 800XP	2