Arik Air Resumes Flight Operations to Warri Friday

By LOVETH AZODO, Lagos.

Following the reopening of the Osubi Airport, Warri shut down on September 3, 2018 by Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Arik Air has announced the resumption of flight operations to Osubi Airport, Warri with effect from Friday, October 26, 2018.

Arik Air operates two daily flights from Lagos to Warri and one flight from Abuja to Warri.

In a statement signed by the Airline’s PR and communication manager, Adebanji Ola showed that All the flights into Osubi are resuming same day.

The airline, according to its Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, is pleased to welcome passengers back on the Lagos-Warri and Abuja-Warri routes with a promise of on-time departures and great customer experience.

Arik Air recently launched its Mobile App to further boost customer experience. Free to download on Google Play store and IOS App Store, the app presents consumers with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

OptimumTimes reported that the airline and Aero had quoted a daily loss of about N16, 520, 000 as a result of the closure by NAMA.

See https://optimumtimes.com/arik-air-aero-lose-n16-520000-daily-namas-osubi-airport-closure-art-condemns-closure/

Reiterating NAMA’s reason for Osubi Airport closure, in September the airport was shut down for a debt, allegedly exceeding N500 million owed by Shoreline Energy International which led to the withdrawal of Air Traffic services from the airport. With the air traffic controllers not in the tower, no aircraft could land or takeoff from the airport.