Arik Air increases flight services on Abuja-Port Harcourt-Abuja route

Arik Air management said on Sunday it had increased flight frequency on the Abuja-Port Harcourt-Abuja route from two to three daily flights.

The new schedule, according to Ola Banji, the airline’s spokesman, provides guests with options of flying in the morning, mid-day or evening as the first flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt departs at 07:00am and arrives Port Harcourt at 08:00am, while the second flight departs at 11:00am and arrives at 12:00pm. The third flight leaves Abuja at 4:30pm and arrives Port Harcourt at 5:30 pm.

Arik Air’s Port Harcourt to Abuja service equally operates three times daily with the first flight departing at 08:40am to arrive at 09:40m, the second flight departs at 12:40pm to arrive Abuja at 1:40pm, while the third departs Port Harcourt at 6:10pm to arrive Abuja at 7:10pm.

This new schedule is inclusive of Saturdays and Sundays.

Commenting on the introduction of additional flight on the Abuja-Port Harcourt route, Chris Ndulue, Arik Air’s executive vice president/managing director, said “the decision to provide three daily flight services on the Abuja-Port Harcourt-Abuja route was taken in response to the yearning of our numerous guests who have always longed to have flexible travel times on that route.”

Arik Air is Nigeria and West Africa’s largest airline and operates mainly from two hubs at Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.

It operates a fleet of 28 state-of-the-art regional, medium haul and long haul aircraft including two Airbus A340-500, making the airline the first operator of the wide bodied aircraft in Africa.

Source: businessdayonline.com