Arik Air has announced some adjustments in its scheduled operations to cope with a shortfall in aircraft.
The airline’s chief executive officer, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu said in a statement that the airline’s fleet “has witnessed a reduction in number in the last two weeks due to the fact that some aircraft have been flown overseas to Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) in Europe.”
In order to maintain schedule integrity and ensure flights depart on time, Ilegbodu said the airline had to cut down on the number of flights operated daily.
He said as a safety conscious airline, “Arik Air takes aircraft maintenance very seriously.”
He assured the airline’s customers that the aircraft will start returning from maintenance soon.
“We regret any inconveniences that our customers may suffer due to this schedule adjustment. We are almost done with the checks and our customers will start seeing the effect with improved services,” he said.
