Arik Air
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Arik Air has scored top position as Nigeria's very own and favorite airline in the shortest span of time. In late 2009, with 2.5 million passengers on board its domestic, regional and international services Arik scored a 42% increase in number of passengers compared for the same period a year earlier. Today Arik Air is "Africa's fastest growing airline". 

  • Head Quarters and Stop Over: Arik has head quarter in Murtala Mohammad International Airport, Lagos state, Nigeria. It offers nonstop and direct flights to Lagos from London Heathrow airport. However, domestic flights from Lagos to Port Harcourt and Abuja are also available nonstop. While flights to Abuja and Port Harcourt form London may have a touchdown in Lagos on scheduled days.
  • Reputation: It is Nigeria's leading commercial airliner carrying a cumulative total of four million passengers and also West Africa's largest and one of Africa's fastest growing airlines, celebrating success even before a decade of its launch!
  • Flying Days / Flight Number: The IATA code for Arik Air is W3 and carries three digit flight numbers with 101 and 102 series. Arik offers seven days a week direct to Lagos from London Heathrow while direct flights to Abuja fly on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Flights to Port Harcourt from London Heathrow with Arik Airline fly seven days a week via Lagos.
  • Flight Routes: The most popular route of Arik Air is between Nigeria and UK. Cheap flights to Nigeria from London are widely available with Arik Air and make it one of the most selling airlines for Nigeria.
    Also, flights to Abuja form London and Flights to Port Harcourt are available in all direct and indirect schedules with Arik Air. The popular domestic flights of Arik are between Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin, Sakoto, Katsina, Ilorin, Akure, Calabar, Yola, Jos, Kaduna, Wari and Kano.
    International flights from Lagos and Abuja leave for London Heathrow (UK), Johannesburg (South Africa), Accra (Ghana), Monrovia (Liberia), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Banjul (Gambia), Dakar (Senegal), Cotonou (Benin) and New York (USA). 
  • Plane Craft / Seat Map: Arik started its operations from a Bombardier CRJ 900, the first new commercial air craft in Nigeria in over a 20 years. With a light speed progress, Arik Air now owns a fleet size 26 while an equal number of planes ordered (2010 to 2014).
    The current fleet includes, Air Bus A330-223 with capacity 283 (24 business seats) for long haul flights and Air Bus 340-500 with capacity 237 used for long haul flights. Air Bus 340-500 is world's longest range airliner capable to fly 17 hours non-stop (used for New York usually). The seat map for this craft in economy class is 2:4:2 and in business class 2:2:2.
    Also Arik Air owns Boeing 737-800 with capacity 148 seats used for long haul flights and seat map 3:3, Boeing 737-300 for domestic short haul flights with a seat map 3:3 capacity about 124. 
  • Baggage Allowance: Arik gives some of the world's biggest free Baggage allowance, 2 pieces (30 Kilo each) in economy while 3 pieces (30 kilos each) in luxurious business class. The hand luggage is about 7 kilos.
  • In-Flight Food & Entertainment: Being one of the finest African Airlines, Arik maintains the superb quality of service in food as well as in-flight entertainment.
  • Kids Aboard: Kids on plane are welcomed heartily. Children get same baggage allowance as adults while infants are entitled to a 10 Kilos baggage only. Children age 2-11 accompanied by adult get a 30% off on base fare while infants without a seat are entitled to 90% discount excluding taxes.
With in no time Arik has joined the ranks of world's giant carriers and the only  “category 1” status airline of Nigerian origin in the US.

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