Arik Air to inaugurate Abuja-London flight

Arik Air to inaugurate Abuja-London flight
Shola Adekola, Lagos
Thursday, November 19, 2009

BARELY one year after it commenced operations on the Lagos-London route, Arik Air has again concluded plans to inaugurate non-stop flights between Abuja and London Heathrow Airport, beginning from November 26.



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According to a statement issued by its media officer, Mr. Ola Banji, the new Abuja-London Heathrow services would operate five times in a week.

Its Managing Director, Jason Holt, said “Arik Air is extremely proud to connect Abuja directly with London. The introduction of direct flights between Abuja and Nigerian capital has been at the forefront of Arik domestic expansion strategy,

“London has always been of great importance for Nigerians and the airline first inaugurated non-stop flights between Lagos and London Heathrow on December 15, 2008.

“Therefore, it is strategically important and also appropriate that Arik Air’s first international service from Abuja should be London.”

In the same vein, the Chief Commercial Officer of the airline, Mr. Suraj Sundaram, said from Abuja, Arik Air already served 18 other destinations across Nigeria, with an especially strong network of feeder services from Northern states.

He said one of THE new Boeing 737-800 aircraft procured by the company was named Sultan of Sokoto and it would serve the Abuja-London Heathrow route.