Arik Air seeks to fly with best hands


Arik Air, a new Nigerian airline, has launched a dedicated job website in order to attract talent from all areas of aviation to join the company in readiness for its operations scheduled to commence in summer 2006.

The job website is an on-line portal that enable the airline receive applications real time from interested professionals seeking to join the airline.

Arik airline seeks to re_define standard of fright safety and professionalism in the country’s Aviation industry and is seeking to bring on board the most competent professionals within and outside Nigeria to achieve this objective.

The airline is also taking delivery of two new build CRJ900 aircraft on 14

th June followed by three CRJ200’s and two Boeing 737-322’s which will fly domestic routes throughout Nigeria and West Africa.

Arik will extend routes to include intercontinental destinations in due course. Arik Air will be the first airline to introduce new commercial aircraft into Nigeria for over twenty years.

"Arik Air is committed to introducing new levels of safety and quality standards to the Nigerian aviation industry, and we are looking for talented and experienced people to join us at this crucial time. Our team will immediately reflect the image of the company, and therefore only the best need apply" commented Stella Kiwanuka, Director, Human Resources at Arik Air.

It would be recalled that on April 3, 2006, Arik Air took occupation of the facilities of the former Nigerian Airways in Lagos; three years after the former national carrier went into liquidation.

The deal came as part of the privatization process of the Federal government.

In a ceremony at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises Irene Chigbue noted that the facilities into a world class aircraft maintenance facility that would satisfy the needs of aircraft operators in the sub region.

LInk to the article please??
Website of some sort?

Here is the link http://www.businessdayonline.com/?c=55&a=6761

i want to disagree now with this statement that they fly with the best hands.,

as my sister flew them from lagos to yola about a month ago to her orientation cam and i must confess for a first time flyer her experience was not splendid., she had a lot of dissapointment as she testified that the Cabin Crew were saucy and not customer friendly to talk less of the turmoil that took place when their was an announcment that the plan was not landing in a destination in its route., also that Cabin Crew refused many fliers the luxery of the inflight refreshment they paid for when asked for extras since the ones they were served were noting more than what you'll give a baby., to talk less of the inavailability of varities in terms of the snaks served.,


walai if no be say i don travel for other airlines before i for say na so dem dey do but no be sooooo at least i am sure of that.

thumbs up to other airlines who are keeping up the work in terms of quality.[color=#990000][/color]

Constatin

I presume that you are one of the airline's newly employed marketing officer.

what an insult, what do you mean i'm a marketing officer., or din't you read the comment., mean this guys messed up and u're saying what abeg dem no even fit pay me

owopepper:

what an insult, what do you mean i'm a marketing officer., or din't you read the comment., mean this guys messed up and u're saying what abeg them no even fit pay me

Are you Constantin?

sorry i didn't see that, guess i was still angry with the report i got from my sister. sorryyyy, babycool,

No problem, you are welcome!

If you plan to fly, please read the article below:

January 5, 2011
LucieA

I was shocked this afternoon at the sight I witnessed at the boarding gate for an Arik Air flight from Lagos, Nigeria. A very large group of exhausted, irritated, unkempt looking international passengers were trying to get information about their flight. They looked like they hadn’t slept in days. I was catching another flight at a different gate but I had to stop and ask them what had happened.

One tired gentleman told me that they had been at the airport since 9pm the night before, in order to catch their flight to South Africa at 11pm. However, when they came to the boarding gate, they were not allowed to enter the plane. They were not sure what the cause of the problem was and were not given any information by Arik staff. They were simply told not to leave the boarding gate area. So they sat down thinking the delay would last an hour or two and they would be on their way home. The hours dragged by.

Arik Air did not provide them with any answers, nor did they offer them hotel vouchers so they could wait comfortably for the next available flight, nor did they find them accommodation at the airport, nor did they provide meals for them or even snacks or drinking water. There is no toilet in the boarding gate area so there was no place for them to even go to the restroom or freshen up. They were not even given access to the lounge area so that they could rest. Only a few of them could find seats, the rest were sitting in their business suits on the floor.

This is how over 200 international passengers were held against their will without information, without assistance, without even food or water for more than 15 hours! It should also be noted that these TWO HUNDRED PASSENGERS were international passengers, meaning they were in a foreign country so there was no option to go back to their homes and wait for their flight information. They had no home there and had been prevented from going home for reasons unknown to them.

It is required of every airline to provide current, up to date information to their passengers. When there is a delay that is not due to the fault of the passenger, arrangements are to be made such as hotel vouchers, meal tickets, beverages and especially access to complete bathrooms!!! These passengers are human beings – not cattle! Yet they were treated without due respect.

This is not the first time Arik Air has behaved in a criminal matter. Many friends and associates have recounted stories of abuse at the hands of Arik Air. One business partner had his wallet taken from his seat pocket while he slept and $2,000 removed from it by an Arik staffer. He was the lone passenger in his row with an empty row both in front of him and behind him. The only one that could have bent over him while sleeping and been unnoticed would be the flight staff. A sister company of ours sent a team on retreat and when they arrived at their destination, the luggage for the entire flight had been left behind at the airport and there was no announcement made on board the plane before takeoff. But how can an airline leave all of the luggage on the tarmac and not load it before taking off?? That is incredulous! I believe if an inquiry is made, many more grievances, even worse than these, will be discovered.

While I was discussing with the man, an Arik staff appeared and announced the flight was now running and would be taking the TWO HUNDRED PASSENGERS to their destination. When prodded for the reason for the delay, the staffer reluctantly informed them that the delay was a lack of fuel in the plane!

This is outrageous and completely unacceptable. They have abused their position as an airline and their directors, managers and staff are not fit to run something so sensitive as an airline. We place our lives in the hands of airlines every day, trusting them to carry us safely from one location to another with our lives, our luggage and our decency in tact. Arik Air violates all of these trusts. Serious action should be taken to prevent our citizens from finding themselves trapped and abused at the hands of Arik Air.