Arik Air

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Arik Air
IATA
W3		 ICAO
ARA		 Callsign
ARIK AIR
Founded 2006
Hubs Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Fleet size 15 (+43 Orders)
Destinations 16
Company slogan Wings of Nigeria
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
Key people Michael McTighe (CEO), Chairman Sir JIA Aruremi-Johnson
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]

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[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 737-300s 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 7 January 2007.[2] The airline is wholly owned by Ojemai Investments.[1]

The Nigerian government set a deadline of 30 April 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. The airline satisfied the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation.[3]

On April 4, 2008, Arik Air was given permission by to fly to the United States by the Department of Transportation. [4]

[edit] Destinations

Map of Arik Air routes as of 5 March 2008.
Map of Arik Air routes as of 5 March 2008.[5]

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 plans to fly to Atlanta, Miami, and Houston in the United States and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. 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 2008.[6]

[edit] Africa

[edit] Fleet

The Arik Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008):

Arik Air Fleet
Aircraft Total Routes Notes
Boeing 737-322 2 Domestic and Regional Routes
Boeing 737-700 6 Domestic and Regional Routes 4 on order
Boeing 737-800/900 0 17 on order
Boeing 747-8 0 3 on order
Boeing 777-200LR 0 2 on order (delivery 2011)
Boeing 777-300ER 0 3 on order (delivery 2011)
Boeing 787-9 0 7 on order (delivery 2014)
Bombardier CRJ-900ER 4 Domestic and Regional Routes 3 on order
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 3 Domestic Routes leased from Denim Air
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 0 4 on order
Hawker Executive Jets 800XP 2

As of March 2008, the average age of the Arik Air fleet is 5.7 years ([1]).

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 77. 
  2. ^ Arik Air website retrieved 4 February 2007
  3. ^ Nigeria Direct 2 May 2007
  4. ^ Regulations.gov
  5. ^ Arik Air website
  6. ^ Airliner World, February 2007


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