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Arik Air is a Nigerian airline operating mainly from two hubs at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.[1] Arik Air's head office is the Arik Air Aviation Center on the grounds of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja.[2] Arik Air serves a network of regional and mid-haul destinations within Africa.

History

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Early years

The company was created in 2004 by Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide from the ashes of Nigeria Airways, which was liquidated in 2002.[3]

In August 2006, the Federal Ministry of Aviation granted Arik Air authorisation to fly to Trinidad and Tobago and Amsterdam, London and Madrid in Europe. Furthermore, the airline then planned to fly to Atlanta, Miami, and Houston in the United States and Birmingham in the United Kingdom.[4]

On 4 April 2008, Arik Air was given permission to fly to the United States by the US Department of Transportation.[5] Arik Air started international operations to London-Heathrow on 15 December 2008, using an Airbus A340-500 aircraft wet-leased from Hi Fly.[6] It added Johannesburg on 1 June 2009,[7] New York JFK on 30 November 2009,[8] and Dubai on 28 July 2014.

Subsidiary airline Arik Niger (IATA code: Q9) commenced operations in April 2009, but was shut down in February 2010.[9]

Development since 2010

Arik Air transported its 5 millionth passenger on 6 August 2010[10] and it transported its 10 millionth passenger on 18 September 2012, both on flights between Johannesburg and Lagos.[11] On 20 September 2012, the airline cancelled all its domestic operations after aviation officials raided the airline's office in Lagos, Nigeria.[12] Flights resumed on 23 September.[13] Arik Air had placed an order for five Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which was cancelled in 2011.[14] Arik Air then placed an order for two Boeing 747-8I aircraft 2013.[15][16] However, in early 2017, Arik Air converted the 747-8I orders to two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners instead.[17] Arik Air had been the last remaining airline customer for the passenger 747-8 (who had not yet received any examples). The conversion of the 747-8 order to Dreamliners came shortly after the airline, owing to major financial stress and most aircraft not being operational, was taken over by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) at the start of 2017, deeming the airline as too big to fail. Since the takeover, all flights leaving Africa, along with flights to O.R. Tambo International Airport, have been gradually suspended.[18][19] Simultaneously, KPMG was appointed by AMCON to conduct a forensic audit on Arik Air's books.[20] Since then, AMCON is gradually in the process of reviving and stabilising the airline and its operations.[21]

Due to Arik Air's debt, the airline is projected to merge with Aero Contractors.[22][23][24] It has also been revealed that this new airline merger is to be re-branded as Nigeria Eagle (styled as NG Eagle),[25][26] with some of the aircraft already re-painted to represent the new livery.[27] It is speculated by many to be another attempt to re-establish a national airline by AMCON, even though they have officially dissociated any relations with the plans; stating that they were going to make a start-up airline.[28]

Fleet

Current fleet

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An Arik Air Boeing 737-800 landing at London's Heathrow Airport

As of November 2022, the Arik Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[29]

Arik Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-700 4 — 12 112 124
12 119 131
— 149 149
Boeing 737-800 3 — 16 132 148
Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 8[30] TBA
Boeing 787-9 — 9[30] TBA 2 orders converted from Boeing 747-8Is[17]
Bombardier CRJ900 3 — 10 65 75
De Havilland Dash 8-400 4 — 10 62 72
Total 14 17

Former fleet

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A former Arik Air Airbus A330-200 on short final to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.

Arik Air previously operated the following aircraft:[31]

Arik Air historical fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A330-200 4[31] 2010 2017
Airbus A340-500 2[31] 2009 2015 Operated by Hi Fly.
Bombardier CRJ200ER 3[31] 2007 2008
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 3[31] 2007 2010
Fokker 50 5[31] 2007 2011

Incidents and accidents

  • On 8 March 2018, the pilot of Arik Air flight W3 304 from Lagos to Accra declared an emergency when an unknown source of smoke was detected in the cabin Шаблон:Convert from their destination. The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 landed safely in Ghana and no passenger or crew member was injured as a result of the incident.[32]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  2. ↑ "New aircraft to make arik air the largest commercial carrier in nigeria arik air reflects on six months of flying “the new experience” Шаблон:Webarchive." Arik Air. 28 March 2007. Archived from Retrieved on 8 September 2010. "For more information, please contact: Gbemiga Ogunieye, Head of Communications, Arik Air Ltd, Arik Air Aviation Centre, Murtula Muhammed Domestic Airport, PO Box 10468, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria."
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  4. ↑ "About Arik Air." Arik Air. 15 June 2006. Retrieved on 3 December 2010.
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  7. ↑ Arik Air arrives in Johannesburg Шаблон:Webarchive, Arik Air, 2 June 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Arik makes historic flight into New York, Vanguard (Nigerian newspaper), dd. 1 December 2009
  9. ↑ http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=eco_article&id_article=69866Шаблон:Dead link
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  16. ↑ Boeing 747-8#Orders and deliveries
  17. ↑ 17,0 17,1 Nigeria’s Arik Air switches Boeing 747-8s with 787-9s, accessed 28 January 2017
  18. ↑ Шаблон:Cite webШаблон:Dead link
  19. ↑ Arik Air suspends flights to London, Johannesburg Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed 15 February 2017
  20. ↑ AMCON appoints KPMG to audit Arik Air Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed 15 February 2017
  21. ↑ guardian.ng - Arik Air gets better, says AMCON 26 February 2017
  22. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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  29. ↑ planespotters.net - Arik Air retrieved 3 November 2022
  30. ↑ 30,0 30,1 boeing.com - Orders & Deliveries retrieved 23 June 2019
  31. ↑ 31,0 31,1 31,2 31,3 31,4 31,5 [airfleets.net - Arik Air Fleet] retrieved 26 June 2019
  32. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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