Arik Air has commenced
scheduled flights from its hub in Lagos to the Angolan capital,
Luanda, thus becoming the first and only Nigerian carrier to
operate scheduled flights between the two cities. The airline
discloses that it will operate twice weekly on the route with a
B737-800 Next Generation aircraft on the route, adding that the
737-800 configuration has 16 Business Class seats and 132 in
Economy Class. Business "We are pleased to announce the launch of
operations to a new destination, our second sub-Saharan and ninth
African point. Luanda is a strategically important capital for the
oil and gas and extraction industry and this new route offers
increased availability and capacity to the capital as well as
introducing the first route between Lagos and Luanda.
"The code-share agreement with TAAG
is the first of its kind that Arik Air has undertaken and we are
sure it is going to be a great success and of mutual benefit to
both airlines. We can offer TAAG access to an extensive West
African and Nigerian network and, similarly, it can offer our
passengers the ability to utilize its domestic network and regional
network incorporating 23 destinations in southern, eastern and West
Africa," notes Dr Michael Arumemi-Ikhide, Group CEO/ President Arik
Air.