Arik adjusts schedule to cope with aircraft maintenance

Arik carried the burden of huge debts and underlying economic issues, but is still able to operate at a time when airlines across the world are shutting down as a result of the impact of COVID-19

Arik Air, one of Nigeria’s leading Airlines, has adjusted its scheduled operations to cope with the exigencies of its aircraft that are on mandatory maintenance.

In a statement issued Monday by Adebanji Ola, the airline’s communication manager, it said its fleet had witnessed a reduction in number in the last two weeks because some aircraft had been flown overseas to Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) in Europe.

“The management stated that in order to maintain schedule integrity and ensure flights depart on time, it had to cut down on the number of flights operated daily,” Ola stated.

Arik further stated that as a safety-conscious airline, it takes aircraft maintenance very seriously. It however assured its customers that the aircraft would start returning from maintenance in the next few days while scheduled operations would be back to normal in a couple of weeks.

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Roy Ilegbodu, the Chief Executive Officer of Arik Air, elaborated: “We regret any inconveniences that our customers may suffer due to this schedule adjustment. We are almost done with the checks and our customers will start seeing the effect with improved services.”

The airline appealed to its customers to bear with it at this period while assuring that their safety and comfort would not be compromised.

IFEOMA OKEKE

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.