Arik Air is continuing its phased restart of domestic flight operations post COVID-19 lockdown with the resumption of services to four additional airports of Benin, Jos, Owerri, and Asaba. Flights to Benin, Jos, and Owerri Airports will resume on Monday, August 3, 2020, while flights to Asaba Airport will resume on August 10, 2020.
The airline will be operating separate daily flights from Murtala Muhammed Airport Domestic Terminal 1, Ikeja, Lagos to Benin, and Jos Airports. Flights from Lagos to Owerri will operate thrice-weekly on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday while flights to Asaba will operate four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
The airline had earlier on July 8 and July 11 resumed flights from Lagos to Abuja and Port Harcourt respectively. On July 28, the airline added two more destinations, Kano and Yola.
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The airline in a statement reminded passengers of the need to use their face masks at every stage of their flights and arrive at least one and a half hours before their scheduled departure time.
Roy Ilegbodu, the Chief Executive Officer of Arik Air, elaborated: “The resumption of flights to four additional destinations is a fulfilment of our promise to continually review our operations as more airports are opened. We will always have the safety and best interest of our customers at heart in all of our decisions.”
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