Okakpu was reacting to the public outcry over alleged negligence of the airline on its aircrafts maintenance
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Arik Air and no fewer than 40 passengers have been at loggerheads over the non-arrival of their baggage, five days after their flight landed in Nigeria
Some of the affected passengers had filed complaints with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority over the incident
A statement by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, said the aircraft operated the scheduled Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 3:55pm on Tuesday and arrived in Johannesburg shortly before 11pm
Arik said: “With a daily fuel need of about 500,000 litres and an average of over 100 daily flights, Arik Air is mostly affected by this scarcity which is the fourth this year alone.
The statement said the TCO authorisation was a requirement for all non-European Union registered commercial operators that fly to EU countries under the Air Operator Certificate
This was contained in a document issued by the NCAA’s Consumer Protection Department, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos
The document indicated that 13,097 flights were operated by eight domestic airlines during the period under review, while 253 flights were cancelled
Taking its cue from the report of an online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, of October 24, 2016, where it was revealed how Arik Air endangers its passengers lives as well as violating aviation safety rules
A document issued by the department and obtained on Thursday by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos shows that 30,100 flights were operated by eight airlines during the period under review
All the airlines scheduled flights were cancelled on Tuesday over the issue, prompting its customers to seek alternative flights
The operators made the demand at the emergency interactive session held with the Senate Committee on Aviation
NAN reports that the airline’s operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport were disrupted on Wednesday by aviation unions and some FAAN workers over its alleged N12.5 billion indebtedness to the agency
Arik’s operations were largely affected in Abuja and Lagos by the decision of the workers to ensure payment of the debt owed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
The team spent about four hours at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja before the chartered Arik Air flight took off on their journey to Egypt
The pilot of the flight, which schedule was to leave Abuja at 9:40am and arrive Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, an hour later, was said to have announced descent into Ibadan when he suddenly took off again
The passenger was said to have been found dead at the point when passengers were disembarking the flight at the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport Terminal One, Lagos
Pinnick stated: “I was contacted immediately after the incident and I know that the airplane was not in any serious problem. When these things happen, the tendency is for people to sensationalize
The NDLEA agents were said to have searched Udensi’s latest Range Rover parked on the airline’s premises
The intending travellers resorted to violent protests, invading the tarmac of the airport and disrupting a scheduled Lagos-Accra flight of Arik Air early on Saturday