{"id":446541,"date":"2017-12-13T06:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/nigerias-arik-air-to-resume-intercontinental-flights\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T06:21:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:21:39","slug":"nigerias-arik-air-to-resume-intercontinental-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/nigerias-arik-air-to-resume-intercontinental-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Arik Air to resume intercontinental flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/66245562.295.jpg\" alt=\"Arik Air1\" title=\"Arik Air1\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Arik Air<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513146099_323_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Arik Air is considering resuming intercontinental flights just over ten months after a government-backed takeover forced it to retreat into the domestic Nigerian and regional West African markets.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said earlier this week that government had engaged its counterparts in the United Kingdom over Arik&#8217;s proposed return to the London Gatwick market. No timelines were disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Arik last offered regular flights to the UK capital in February of this year just prior to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria&#8217;s (AMCON) decision to assume managerial control of the debt-ridden airline.<\/p>\n<p>The move coincided with the termination of long-haul flights to London, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, and New York JFK as well as the return of its widebody fleet of two A330-200s to Standard Chartered Aviation Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Since then Arik Air has continued to operate a severely reduced narrowbody fleet consisting of just five active B737-700s and one active B737-800.<\/p>\n<p>Its four other -700s are currently inactive as are its fleet of three B737-800s. 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