The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operations of Arik Air. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu announced the development in a post on social media on Thursday. This comes more than a week after the airline’s planes were grounded over a dispute between Atlas Petroleum and …

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has not suspended or halted Arik Air’s flight operations, which continued as scheduled and did not affect the airline’s ability to operate its remaining fleet. This is contained in a statement by NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu on Friday in Abuja. According to Achimugu, NCAA is …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo has directed that all Arik Air’s fleet be grounded. This decision is coming in the face of aircraft shortage in the country. As at the time of this report, the minister or the Ministry of Aviation has not issued any statement to explain why that directive was given but inside …

Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj lamented on Saturday that they were stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, blaming Arik Air for failing to meet its schedule. It was gathered that this crippled operations of most of the international hajj operators under the Association for Hajj And Umrah Operators Of Nigeria Lagos zone as scores …

A major Nigerian airline, Arik Air has announced the removal of the CRJ 1000 aircraft from its fleet. The decision to sell the airplane was made by JEM Leasing Limited, the owners of the CRJ 1000, registered as 5N-JEE, in collaboration with its financiers, Export Development Canada. According to a statement by SY&T Communications, a communications consultancy to Arik Air …

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said that since it has appealed last week’s judgement of a Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, which ruled that the receivership of Arik Air does not preclude restricting the airline’s directors and shareholders access to the premises, it would not make further comments as that would be sub …

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has clarified that last Friday’s ruling of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos did not rule against its appointment of the Receiver/Manager for Arik Air Limited. AMCON also said that the court, presided over by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa did not “grant all the prayers of the plaintiffs” as stated in some publications. …