The management of Arik Air has announced the immediate resumption of normal flight operations following the resolution of the impasse with the National Association of Air Transport Employees (NUATE).
According to the airline, all its afternoon and evening flights for Friday, 04 December 2020, will be operated while subsequent flights will also operate as scheduled.
Earlier, the management of Arik Air (In Receivership) had declared 300 staff members redundant to its current level of operations.
Arik Air said the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the constrained ability of the airline to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations, stunted revenues against increasing operational costs.
The leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for the affected staff.
It is important to note that over 50% of Arik Air’s workforce of over 1,600 staff have been on furlough in the past six months on a base allowance.
Decisions to let go off staff is naturally a difficult decision, Arik Air stated, as it wished the impacted staff well in their future endeavours.