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What happened to the AOC?
It's odd, because they plan on commencing scheduled flights next month while the fleet is yet to be delivered! So much to do ahead of start-up, proving flights, AOC, sales outlets, etc.
Looks like NCAA is working them like dogs. Not even VK got this treatment!
It's odd, because they plan on commencing scheduled flights next month while the fleet is yet to be delivered! So much to do ahead of start-up, proving flights, AOC, sales outlets, etc.
Looks like NCAA is working them like dogs. Not even VK got this treatment!
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fokker fellow, could you please pass on any contact details on whom to contact RE provision of aviation security services for Arik Air?
Would be interesting to find out what the real recruitment agency is called at least.
Would be interesting to find out what the real recruitment agency is called at least.
So much for Arik being the company that buys new and puts the rest of the Nigerian carriers to shame!!!
Flight International is reporting that their long haul fleet will be 2 x Airbus A310 and a DC10!!!! Please stop me from choking with my mirth!! So are these the long neglected heaps outside the Nigeria Airways hangar? They really think it is acceptable to use these aircraft? Not quite the same as a VK A340 or even a bluetail 767!!
VK started with 3 a/c Sani......... 2 x damp leased A320 and 1 x damp leased A340.
Flight International is reporting that their long haul fleet will be 2 x Airbus A310 and a DC10!!!! Please stop me from choking with my mirth!! So are these the long neglected heaps outside the Nigeria Airways hangar? They really think it is acceptable to use these aircraft? Not quite the same as a VK A340 or even a bluetail 767!!
VK started with 3 a/c Sani......... 2 x damp leased A320 and 1 x damp leased A340.
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SN that's funny, but not quite true!
The article doesn't mention anything about these birds being used on the long-haul routes. I recall they were purchased from WT for spare parts use.
Furthermore, I REALLY dont think you can fly pax to Birmingham and Atlanta safely in the planes pictured below (pics taken in July 06)
The article doesn't mention anything about these birds being used on the long-haul routes. I recall they were purchased from WT for spare parts use.
Furthermore, I REALLY dont think you can fly pax to Birmingham and Atlanta safely in the planes pictured below (pics taken in July 06)
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definitely rani, the aircrafts are being recoupled with the pieces being put back together. I think maybe the NCAA insisted that the aircrafts have to be dismembered first as a method of assesment
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From Flight International:
Nigeria's Arik shops for widebodies
By Max Kingsley-Jones
Nigerian start-up Arik Air is in discussions about buying new and secondhand widebody aircraft for its long-haul network, to be introduced next year.
The airline aims to launch short-haul services by early October and will take delivery this year of two ex-United Airlines Boeing 737-300s as well as three new Bombardier CRJ900s and three secondhand CRJ200s leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services.
Arik Air managing director Alex Van Elk says the airline's owner - Nigerian powerplant manufacturer Rockson Engineering - has purchased the assets of the country's now defunct flag carrier Nigeria Airways, including its old aircraft, hangars and headquarters. "The deal included Nigeria Airways' old [Airbus] A310 and [McDonnell Douglas] DC-10 aircraft, which we are scrapping," he says.
Van Elk says negotiations are underway with Airbus, Boeing and other suppliers about the acquisition of "three or four" widebodies for delivery next year: "The short lead-time may mean we have to take secondhand aircraft in the interim." He adds that more short-haul aircraft are also wanted.
Arik Air has local approvals in place to launch transatlantic services from Lagos to Atlanta and Houston next year, as well as flights to London Stansted. The initial short-haul network, to start by October, comprises nine domestic and four international services.
Nigeria's Arik shops for widebodies
By Max Kingsley-Jones
Nigerian start-up Arik Air is in discussions about buying new and secondhand widebody aircraft for its long-haul network, to be introduced next year.
The airline aims to launch short-haul services by early October and will take delivery this year of two ex-United Airlines Boeing 737-300s as well as three new Bombardier CRJ900s and three secondhand CRJ200s leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services.
Arik Air managing director Alex Van Elk says the airline's owner - Nigerian powerplant manufacturer Rockson Engineering - has purchased the assets of the country's now defunct flag carrier Nigeria Airways, including its old aircraft, hangars and headquarters. "The deal included Nigeria Airways' old [Airbus] A310 and [McDonnell Douglas] DC-10 aircraft, which we are scrapping," he says.
Van Elk says negotiations are underway with Airbus, Boeing and other suppliers about the acquisition of "three or four" widebodies for delivery next year: "The short lead-time may mean we have to take secondhand aircraft in the interim." He adds that more short-haul aircraft are also wanted.
Arik Air has local approvals in place to launch transatlantic services from Lagos to Atlanta and Houston next year, as well as flights to London Stansted. The initial short-haul network, to start by October, comprises nine domestic and four international services.
