After the World Health Organisation, WHO has declared Sierra Leone Ebola free, Arik Air is
resuming flight services to the country from February 23, 2016.
Flights from Lagos to Freetown were suspended in July
2014 at the outbreak of the Ebola in some West African nations.
According to the airline, “the resumed service will
entail a new schedule with flights from Lagos to Freetown now routed via Accra,
Ghana. This will be a three weekly flight to be operated on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday using a Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft configured to
carry 20 Business Class and 126 Economy Class passengers.”
Explaining the schedule of the operation, the carrier
said the outbound flights will depart Lagos at 7:20 am and arrive Accra at 7:20
am. The flight then departs Accra at 8:05 am and arrives in Freetown at 10:30
am. The inbound flight leaves Freetown at 11:15 am and arrives Accra at 1:40
pm. The flight then continues onto Lagos, leaving Accra at 2:25 pm to arrive
into Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 4:25 pm. All times are
local.
Arik Air made its foray into Freetown in June 2009 and
had operated uninterrupted until July 2014.
Arik Air’s Managing Director, Mr. Chris Ndulue said of
the resumption of flights to Freetown: “Arik Air is the dominant carrier in
West and Central Africa and air travelers in this region look up to us to fly
them to their destinations. We want to assure our loyal customers on the
Lagos-Freetown route that we are back to deliver the safe, secure and reliable
services that are the hallmark of Arik Air.”
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