By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos | Published Date Oct 16, 2019.
Arik Air, said on Monday that it would re-launch flight services to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri the Imo State capital by next Monday. Daily flights to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport, Lagos will resume on Monday, October 21, 2019. It would be recalled that Arik Air suspended flights to Owerri early this year due to what it called “operational exigencies”, adding “since then passengers have been yearning for a return of the leading carrier.” The re-launch of flights to Owerri is coming on the heels of the resumption of services to Warri by the airline on September 6, 2019, a statement by Arik Air spokesman, Adebanji Ola. advertisement Arik Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu said: “We made a promise to our esteemed customers that we will be returning to the routes that were suspended earlier in the year and our resumption of flights to Warri and now Owerri is a promise kept.” In the coming weeks, the airline will be returning to more previously suspended destinations as well as opening more routes to cope with passengers’ demands, it said.
