Arik Air has resumed normal flights Wednesday morning, 24 hours after it suspended operations over problems with insurance. In a statement on its website, Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline,
said it will resume flights at 11AM on Wednesday, having resolved its
insurance issues. The company also said that it is in the process of changing its ‘airline Liability Insurance providers’.
“Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline,
is pleased to announce that scheduled flights will resume from 11AM,
Wednesday September 14, 2016. Members of the public and our customers are advised to
discountenance the disparaging allegations, unsubstantiated and
uninformed claims about the airline’s inability to meet its financial
obligations to aviation fuel marketers and a purported withdrawal of
insurance services to Arik Air by its insurers. While the current scarcity of aviation fuel (JET A1) has impacted
on the operations of airlines in the country, Arik Air is in good
standing with its fuel suppliers and have been meeting its obligations
to them and to our insurers. With the regularisation of the required documents relating to the
renewal of the insurance, Arik Air will be resuming its normal flying
schedule from 1100 hours on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.
Arik Air regrets the unfortunate inconvenience caused to its
customers and reassures our customers of expedient re-booking of their
flights,”
the airline stated. The airline had created panic in the aviation sector on Tuesday after it announced the suspension of flights.The action held prospects of shrinking flight options for travelers,
especially as two other domestic airlines have grounded operations.
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