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Nigeria's top airline to resume domestic flights on Sunday

LAGOS, Sept 22, 2012 (AFP)

Nigeria's biggest airline Arik Air will resume domestic flights on Sunday after resolving a dispute with aviation officials, a statement said.

Arik Air on 20NOV12 has launched new service to Cameroon,
with 3 weekly Lagos – Douala service
on board Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

la suite : http://airlineroute.net/2012/11/23/w3-dla-w12/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

des augmentations de fréquences, et de destinations sur Douala

dès le 5 Décembre,
le nombre de fréquences passe de 3 à 5 et
les deux nouvelles fréquences sont prolongées sur Kinshasa

détails des horaires : http://airlineroute.net/2012/12/04/w3-fihdla-dec12/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Arik Air hoping to start Lagos - São Paulo flights "before August."
Nigeria's largest carrier, Arik Air (W3), has formally launched negotiations with the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil - ANAC) regarding traffic rights and landing slots for São Paulo, it has emerged.

According to The Guardian, Arik's Deputy Managing Director, Captain Ado Sanusi, says the airline is working feverishly to ensure that flights begin before the Nigerian/Brazilian Bi-Commission conference scheduled for August 2013, with added "long haul aircraft" (likely Arik's outstanding A330-200 (MSN 891| 'EI-EWH')) set to help boost the airline's international operations.

In Brasilia, the Arik team also held talks with officials from the Brazilian National Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social - BNDES), where they discussed possible multilateral funding for a possible aircraft acquisition from Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer.
The move by Arik Air comes as a follow-up to a meeting held in February this year between President Goodluck Jonathan and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in which a restoration of air links between the countries was raised as a means of boosting trade, commerce and cultural ties. In addition, the launch will also come as an afront to Ethiopian Airlines (ET) who intend to begin Brazilian operations via Lomé, Togo from July.

Brazil's defunct national carrier, VARIG (RG), last served Lagos over 19 years ago.

source : http://www.theafricanaviationtribune.co ... lagos.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On reparle de nouveau d'une possible fusion entre Arik Air et Aero Contractors. L'Etat Nigérian gère ces 2 compagnies

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2 ... -survival/