[size=18pt]Arik Air suspending operations due to fuel scarcity[/size]
2 May, 2015 in Breaking News


Arik Air announced yesterday that it would be suspending operations beginning today, due to aviation fuel scarcity.



"We couldn’t depart for Dubai yesterday due to this scarcity. It is becoming impossible to continue."

Chris Ndulue, Managing Director of Arik Air, disclosed at a press conference yesterday that the airline has been operating at 20% of its 120-flight daily schedule since last week. The cause? Non-availability of fuel.

Vague about when operations would resume, Ndulue said yesterday, "We will suspend flights operation from tomorrow [Saturday], until when aviation fuel becomes available."

Arik Air has managed thus far through contingency arrangements and unscheduled stops for fuel. International flights have had to stop in Ghana, Cotonou, and Togo to fuel before embarking overseas to the United States or London.

According to Arik Air official Chigozie Okereke, short supply has led to rationing of fuel by petroleum product marketers in Lagos, where the airline is headquartered. “In some other cases, flights were diverted to other airports outside Lagos where the product was readily available,” she said.

"The availability of aviation fuel is unfortunately out of our control."

Arik issued a press statement on Thursday apologizing to their customers, stating that the situation was out of their control.

We take this opportunity to apologize to our esteemed guests over the inconvenience they may have been experiencing due to flight delays and cancellations engendered by the general scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) in Lagos and at other stations in Nigeria. The availability of aviation fuel is unfortunately out of our control.

As Nigeria’s biggest airline, the impact of the scarcity of Jet A1 is painfully most noticeable with our operations. On the average we require about 800,000 litres of Jet A1 daily to run smooth operations. With less than these volume available to us, we have had to fly to places like Cotonou, Accra and Kano to source for fuel. These trips cause delays, and when we cannot get the quantity of fuel required, we have had to cancel flights. We can only hope that the situation improves very soon.

Source: http://enaijize.com/blog/2015/05/02/arik-air-suspending-operations-due-to-fuel-scarcity/

Were they operating before?

I thought they say airlemplane uses water for cashew nut ? Wetin come consign am for fuel?

This is serious.
"GEJ our Hero!": Doesn't it sound like a joke now?

Keneking:
Ok...thank God it is not the national carrier yet. Little actions like this enables us to know those businesses that can survive the test of time. Useless airline

Eyes wide shut.

And we say we have a president and a govt


Nonsense

Oh well, I guess we're in for a full economic standstill if the government refuses to do anything about this pathetic situation

No light, no petrol. Oju ti money.

Ok...thank God it is not the national carrier yet. Little actions like this enables us to know those businesses that can survive the test of time. Useless airline

Fuel dey Aba. Aviation fuel dey too.

Can this fuel issue be laid to rest permanently
if apc don't do dis for Nigerians, then it's definitely
#BabaOneChance tinz

Can't they afford black market ni...


Am waiting for some blockhead to come and shout GEJ their roll modem

Make dem go buy black market now.
Abi

Good, now Nigerians are very sure they've got no government in place, in other countries government plans ahead but in Nigeria government waits for it to hit us before the spring into action,

National wealth looted in just 3 months can build us a refinery of our own and we don't have to buy crude because we have it, and we stand to gain, no more scarcity, cheap fuel, cheap kerosene, cheap diesel and we won't have to worry much on the international price of crude because the revenue government would generate from internally used petroleum products would go a long way in fixing other sectors like electricity, environment and food production.

Evil leaders, do what's right for once!

A stupid airline. The worst of its kind.

They need to suspend service for consistently poor timekeeping.

himkers:
I thought they say airlemplane uses water for cashew nut ? Wetin come consign am for fuel?

You thought, abi?


And u nvr bother to do ur research

wetin concern me with Arik air, Aero Contractor is still the best joor. Aero...the reliable way to fly!!!
Hit Like if you agree...

And we are suppose to be Giant of Africa l just pity those whose plans have been distorted because there are schedules that are time-tied!

It's like lagos is the only state plagued by fuel scarcity. :

Fuel dey PH if you ready to buy at N110/liter

The poster below me has something reasonable to say

eya

llo

Pls what type of fuel do de use

gen2briz:
Can't they afford black market ni...


Am waiting for some blockhead to come and shout GEJ their roll modem

Aircraft? Oboy