Due to National Union of
Air Transport Employees, NUATE’s disruption of Arik Air’s operations this
morning, the airline announced that it is suspending all domestic flight
operations.
This is contained in a
statement from the airline. “The current
situation is deeply out of control of Arik Air and the management of the
airline has been compelled to suspend all domestic operations for today. This
will remain in force until such a time the unfortunate situation is resolved.
Arik Air sincerely
apologize for the inconveniences the FAAN workers’ union action may have caused
its esteemed passengers. We live to serve the needs of the people of the great
nation Nigeria.”
Earlier in the statement the airline said, “the
Federal Airports of Nigeria (FAAN) workers’ union on Wednesday morning (today)
blocked the operations of Arik Air at the General Aviation Terminal of the
Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.”
“Workers of the airline
were prevented from gaining access to their duty posts thereby disrupting the
day’s operations.
The action by the workers’
union is connected with the long-standing and unsubstantiated claim by the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) of spurious indebtedness of the
airline to the agency which is now before a Federal High Court in Lagos at the
instance of FAAN.
For several months, the
management of Arik Air and FAAN have been meeting to reconcile payment accounts
between the two institutions. The reconciliation process is still ongoing until
the latest actions by the union.”-said Arik
According to the airline, “this
is not the first time that FAAN workers’ union will be taking the laws into
their hands by disrupting operations of Arik Air.
We look forward to working
collaboratively with FAAN and other aviation agencies to resolve the impasse
and return to our core purpose of providing essential world class services to
the people of Nigeria.”
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