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Arik Air, the largest domestic airline in Nigeria, is currently
experiencing low turnout of travellers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja,
Lagos.
The airline, which suspended activities on Tuesday, announced its resumed
work on Wednesday.
The airline’s first flight since the suspension took off at about
11:48am on Wednesday.
The airline had earlier said its activities were being impacted by
the rise in aviation fuel prices across the country.
Arumemi Ikhide, the founder of the airline, said in an interview,
that government policies were not favouring domestic airlines.
“Government policies, or central bank policies do not favour us.
For example, the CBN said that 60 per cent of foreign inflow should be for
manufacturers. They’ve forgotten that the engine of any economy is air travel.
“I consider that all my colleagues and I (are) doing national
service. You don’t even get fuel; fuel prices are shooting off the roof. Before
the flexible exchange rate was introduced, we were buying fuel for about N110
per litre. Now it’s N215 per litre and you can’t even get it. The situation in
the country is not favourable to the airlines at all,” he said.
Credit: ShipsandPorts
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