Arik Air Takes To Flight
 30th OCT 2006

Nigeria's new airline, Arik Air, will formally open the doors of its brand new CRJ900 aircraft to customers tomorrow, signaling a new dawn in the aviation industry. The airline, having successfully completed its comprehensive test flights and fulfilled all the technical and procedural requirements of the NCAA, will take off at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport at 6.50am for Abuja.

A statement last night by the Head of Communications of the airline, Mr. Gbemiga Ogunleye, said the airline's Managing Director, Mr. Michael McTighe, was looking forward to welcoming passengers on board the Tear Rubber aircraft. "Our comprehensive test flights were very successful. We covered Lagos-Abuja, Lagos-Benin, Lagos-Enugu, Lagos-Kano and Lagos-Calabar to perfect the skills of the crew and the cabin staff in operational and technical flexibility, check-in on-board service, baggage handling and customer service. Our crews are familiar with our destinations. This is in line with our vision of delivering an efficient, safe and reliable airline.”
The airline took delivery this month of three CRJ aircraft made by Bombadia of Canada though it has some other aircraft in the fleet that are refurbished.

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