Arik Air pays late, 1/2 salaries

[dynamicd]

A330

Sorry to digress any one know when arik will start LHR and JNB with the 330?

[Oba1kanobe]

Sorry to digress any one know when arik will start LHR and JNB with the 330?

Current Arik pilots were sent to training in Toulouse, France for training in January 2010. After 8 days of training, they were sent home, to be replaced with London based new hires.

Most (all?) of the cabin crew are London based, many coming from the HiFly / A340 contract.

This "Nigerian" company will not have a single Nigerian pilot on this venture. Some of the London pilots hired for A330 captain positions were in fact A320 First Officers, who could not get validations from NCAA. This is rumoured to be the final downfall to the previous MD, Jason Holt, who brought his former Air Force buddies on board who were not qualified, nor experienced.

Four of the first five who showed up went home on day two, when their hotel accomodations were found to be sub-standard.

To date, I believe there are 7 pilots hired who are going through the validation process, and are comfortably waiting back home in London for the first flight of the A330 with full pay.

Arik hasn't paid for the plane yet, nor any spares.

[elpilotofrances]

and the A340 has been sitting iddle for 2 nights in LHR, waiting for spare !! ( paid or not ??) leaving wenesday morning to LOS;;;

[Oba1kanobe]

What will happen when all the Nigerian carriers, except Arik, are bankrupt? Who will use the domestic terminal at Lagos?

Just another twist in the Arik story. They wouldn't pay the fees to use the domestic terminal, even if they were allowed to.

[fishpie]

New GM Cabin Services in place, New GM Tech arrives next month, new maintenance manager in place

A340 HMU alert in LHR, spares had to be shipped from Madrid after C check, delayed schd departure.

A330 arriving in next 7-10 days

[Oba1kanobe]

A330 in 7 to 10 days?????

So, 28 May 2010 to 31 May 2010 ??? Good news; hopefully more accurate than this proclamation?

http://www.pprune.org/african-aviati...ml#post4349016

25th August 2008, 13:30 #545 (permalink)

fishpie

5 Q400's being delivered in 2008 and 2 more in 2009

[fishpie]

a weeks a long time in politics, 2 years in aviation is a lifetime

[Hussar 54]

So the guys from Denim Air were correct, after all.....

I always tell my guys up in Europe ' Nothing surprises me any more down here...' but this latest news actually has - should have known better....

[NaijaNinja]

I hear payment delays is due to some in-house scams going on with claims for duty allowances etc., so, they put a freeze to any sort of full-blown payment until checks and balances are in place.

Whether true or not, people in the know should tell us.

[Oba1kanobe]

Part of the Boeing fleet is AOG.... no tyres !!!!