I-Arik Air, i-airline ehamba phambili yorhwebo eNigeria, namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba imisele uMnumzana Jason Holt njengomlawuli wayo omtsha, ngoMvulo, ngo-Okthobha 19, 2009. UMnu Holt uvela kwiofisi yase-Arik Air yaseLondon apho, kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, usebenze njengomcebisi kunye nomcebisi oxhasa i-airline njengoko idibanisa inqwelo yayo entsha ye-Airbus A340-500 kwimisebenzi yayo.
Ebhengeza ngokuqeshwa esitsha eLagos, usihlalo we-Arik Air Limited, uMhlekazi uJoseph Arumemi-Ikhide uthe: “Mnu. UHolt unamava aphezulu, ingcali kwishishini lenqwelomoya. Uchithe malunga namashumi amathathu eminyaka esebenza kushishino lwezophapho lwamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye kwisikhundla sakhe samva nje sokucebisa, sele enze igalelo elikhulu nelixatyiswe kakhulu kulwandiso lwehlabathi lwe-Arik Air. Kuyandivuyisa ukuba naye amiselwe ukukhokela i-Arik Air kwisigaba sayo sokukhula esilandelayo. "
UMnu. Holt akamtsha eNigeria okanye kwinqwelomoya yaseNigeria. Wayengumlawuli wemisebenzi yenqwelomoya eVirgin Nigeria Airways Limited ekusekweni kwayo ngo-2005 apho waye waqinisekisa ukuba umntu ophethe iSatifikethi soMsebenzi woMoya (AOC), wakhokela ukufunyanwa kweenqwelo zayo zeBoeing kunye neAirbus, kwaye waseka amaqela ayo asebenzayo. Ngaphambili, wayekwayintloko yokhuseleko ye-Virgin Atlantic Airways e-UK.
Ngexesha le-2006-2007, uMnumzana Holt wayengumlawuli wemisebenzi ye-flight ye-BMED Limited, i-franchise ye-British Airways, kwaye waba negalelo ekusekeni ukusebenza kwe-Airbus ekhuselekileyo, efika ngexesha, kunye neendleko ezifanelekileyo kwi-airline ephakathi kwe-Asia, e-Afrika, kufuphi neMpuma, kunye neenethiwekhi zeLevant. Wayekwaligosa eliyintloko lokusebenza kwi-Saudi Arabia's National Air Services Limited (NAS), ejongene nayo yonke imiba yokubhabha, inkxaso yobugcisa, kunye nezibonelelo zabakhweli kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Esamkela ukubekwa kwakhe isibini, uMnu. Holt uthe: “Ekwenzeni indima yam yamva nje yokucebisa i-Arik Air, ndibe nenyhweba yokuba yinxalenye yeqela eliye lanceda i-Arik Air yakhusela isikhundla sayo njengenkampani yeenqwelomoya ekumgangatho wehlabathi kwaye yamisela imikhondo iimarike zamazwe ngamazwe. Ndiyavuya kuba ngoku ndibuyela eLagos ukuya kuthatha esi sikhundla kwikomkhulu lenkampani yeenqwelomoya kwaye ndikhokele i-Arik Air eqhubelekayo nolwando kwiimarike zasekhaya, zengingqi nezamazwe ngamazwe.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya oneminyaka engama-46 ubudala une-MBA yeSigqeba evela kwiSikolo soShishino saseLondon, iSikolo soLawulo se-IT Sloan, kunye neSikolo soMthetho saseHarvard. Owayesakuba ligosa leRoyal Air Force yase-UK, uMnu. Holt ulilungu leKlabhu ye-Aviation yase-UK kunye noMntu we-UK's Royal Aeronautical Society.
IArik Air yeyona nqwelo moya iphambili kwezorhwebo eNigeria. Isebenza ngezithuthi ze
Iinqwelomoya zengingqi ezingama-29 ezikumgangatho ophakathi kunye nezihamba ixesha elide. I-airline ngoku isebenza kwizikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ze-20 kulo lonke elaseNigeria, kunye ne-Accra (Ghana), i-Banjul (Gambia), i-Cotonou (i-Benin), i-Dakar (iSenegal), i-Freetown (i-Sierra Leone), i-Niamey (i-Niger), i-London Heathrow (e-UK), kunye ERhawutini (eMzantsi Afrika).
Inqwelomoya ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezili-120 mihla le ukusuka kwiindawo zayo eLagos naseAbuja kwaye iqeshe abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1,700.
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