“Arik Air is pleased to announce that after a temporary disruption of flights on Tuesday, September 13, pending approval of aircraft documentation related to insurance renewal, its scheduled flights will resume as normal operations from 11am tomorrow, Wednesday, September 14, 2016,” the carrier had said. But it appeared as if passengers were not aware of the resumption of operations by the airline at the Abuja airport, as only few travellers were sighted at its ticketing and reservation counters on Wednesday. It was learnt that the airline had skeletal operations from the Abuja airport in a bid to meet the needs of some customers.
When contacted, an official at the NAIA, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said, “They (Arik) have resumed operations, but basically on a skeletal basis. Passengers are not visiting their counters because many people read about the suspension of their operations and most of the travellers are not aware that the airline has recommenced services. “But the good thing is that none of their passengers or the passengers of other airlines are stranded here at the Abuja airport. Everything is going on smoothly and we hope that as we progress, they will come back in full swing as it was before.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has yet to take a concrete decision on the intervention measures to be adopted in resolving the crisis in the aviation sector.
_ _ Punch
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