I-Arik Air, eyona nqwelo moya iphambili kwezorhwebo eNigeria, namhlanje ibhiyozela unyaka wayo wesithathu, kwaye inqwelo moya inombhiyozo omkhulu, ifumene ukukhula okumangalisayo kunye nempumelelo ukusukela oko yaqala ukusebenza nge-30 ka-Okthobha ka-2006.
Kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, usihlalo kunye nomseki weArik Air, uMhlekazi uJoseph Arumemi-Ikhide, wazimisela ukutshintsha icandelo lezophapho eAfrika. Ukukhungatheka ngenxa yeenkonzo ezingathembekiyo kunye nokulibaziseka rhoqo, uSir Joseph wayesazi ukuba kukho into emele yenziwe kwaye iNigeria idinga i-airline, apho abantu baseNigeria babeya kuzingca ngokubhabha.
Umbono wakhe wazaliseka ngokukhawuleza kunokuba wayelindele. Kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, i-Arik Air izise inqwelomoya ekumgangatho wehlabathi eNigeria kwaye, njengoko iqhubeka nokusungula iindlela ezintsha zamazwe ngamazwe, ayivumeli kuphela abahambi bezoshishino ukuba bahambe besiya kweli lizwe bekhululekile kunye nesimbo esasikho. yayingenzeki ngaphambili, kodwa yenza ukuba iNigeria kunye nommandla osentshona Afrika ufikeleleke ngakumbi.
Unale njongo engqondweni, iindlela zamazwekazi ziyaqhubeka ukubonakala kakhulu kwizicwangciso zokwandiswa kwenkampani yenqwelomoya. NgoDisemba ka-2008, i-Arik yaphehlelela indlela yayo yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe ukuya eLondon, eHeathrow, kwaye eyesibini ukuya eRhawutini ngoJuni ka-2009. Zombini ezi ndlela zinenkonzo yenqwelomoya entsha kraca ye-Airbus A340-500, efakelwe eyona ndlela ibalaseleyo kubutofotofo kunye nesimbo sokubhabha. , kubandakanywa iibhedi "esicaba" kunye ne-bar yebhodi kunye nendawo yokuphumla. Indlela yesithathu yamazwe ngamazwe ka-Arik, i-New York, imiselwe ukuqaliswa kungekudala, kwaye i-airline ikhusele amalungelo e-traffic kwezinye iindawo ezininzi zamazwe ngamazwe, kuquka i-Houston, i-Paris, i-Dubai kunye ne-Sao Paulo.
Ukongeza, ngoJuni kulo nyaka, i-Arik Air yayiqalise iinqwelomoya phakathi kweLagos neFreetown (Sierra Leone), iBanjul (Gambia), iCotonou (iBenin), neDakar (Senegal), iphelisa iminyaka yokungena emoyeni phakathi kwezixeko ezine. Iindawo zokusingwa zaseNtshona Afrika zicetywayo, kuquka iDouala, iMalabo, iLuanda, nezinye iindlela ezininzi ebezingadityaniswanga ngaphambili.
Ukusuka kwiinqwelomoya ezintathu ezintsha kraca ekuqaleni ngo-Okthobha ka-2006, i-Arik ikhulise iinqwelo zayo ukuya kwiinqwelo-moya ezintsha ezingama-29, kunye nokuhanjiswa okongeziweyo kweenqwelomoya ezintsha ezilindeleke kulo lonke ixesha lika-2010. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ngoku isebenza ngaphezu kweenqwelomoya ezili-120 mihla le ukusuka kwiindawo zayo eLagos naseAbuja kwaye isebenzisa inqwelomoya. abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1,700.
Njengenxalenye yenjongo ye-Arik yokwenza i-airline ibe yimodeli kungekhona eNigeria kuphela kodwa kulo lonke elase-Afrika, iZiko elitsha loLawulo lokuSebenza elinomgangatho omtsha.
(OCC) kwiofisi eyintloko ye-airline yaseLagos yagqitywa, okwenza i-Arik Air ibe yinqwelomoya yesibini emhlabeni, kunye ne-airline kuphela e-Afrika, ukuba nolu hlobo lweziko.
Ethetha ngalo msitho, uGqirha Michael Arumemi-Ikhide, ingqonyela yeArik Air International uthe: “Njengoko sibhiyozela iminyaka emithathu yethu, singajonga emva kwizinto esizizuzileyo kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo kwaye sizingce ngomsebenzi onzima okhokeleleyo. kwimpumelelo esiyifumanayo.
“E-Arik Air, sineqela elimangalisayo labasebenzi abanamava abazama ukodlula oko bekulindelekile kwaye bagcine iziqinisekiso ze-Arik Air ezikumgangatho wehlabathi, ezithe, xa zidibene namaxabiso ethu akhuphisanayo, zisivumele ukuba sithathe abona badlali baphambili kule ndlela.
“Ndikholelwa ukuba kukho ixesha elinomdla kakhulu kwi-Arik Air. Kule minyaka izayo, asijongi nje ukuba yeyona nkampani iphambili yenqwelo moya kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika, kodwa sibe ngumzekelo kunye nomgangatho wezinye iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ehlabathini njengoko sizabalazela ukukhokela indlela yenkonzo yabathengi, ukhetho kunye nexabiso.
