Arik Air: resumes full flight operations on Wednesday

Nigeria’s biggest airline company, Arik Air said it will resume full operations on Wednesday after thousands of passengers were left stranded in airports across the country on Tuesday following suspension of flight operations over what the company described as glitches with renewal of its insurance papers.

“We have resolved the issues relating to the insurance. Our flights have resumed but our full operations will start tomorrow. Two flights are already leaving to Port Harcourt and Abuja this evening. We sincerely apologise to our clients,” Adebanji Ola, its spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

Group CEO, Dr. Michael Arumemi-Ikhide, also apologised to its passengers and said the airline was fully committed to normal operations and minimise any unfortunate inconvenience to them.

“Where flights have been cancelled, the airline will notify passengers through SMS and in such cases, passengers will be accommodated on first available alternative flight as soon as normal flight operations resume,”  Arumeni said.