Arik Air has achieved yet another milestone in Nigerian aviation as it has flown the first Nigerian registered commercial aircraft to the United States of America in 20 years.
On the night of March 17, the airline operated its scheduled Lagos-New York flight on an A330-200 aircraft with registration 5N-JID.
This latest milestone was the result of almost three years preparation during which time the airline received the Part 129 approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and was also awarded the Extended Range Twin Operations (ETOPS) approval.
Arik Air commenced direct flight operations from Lagos to New York in November 2009 on its foreign registered A340-500 aircraft operated by Hi-fly of Portugal and it was the first direct flight from Nigeria to the US to be operated by a Nigerian airline in the last decade.
With the ETOPS approval, Arik Air has the flexibility of interchanging between its two variants of wide body aircraft for the Lagos-New York services. The airline has two A340-500 and two A330-200 aircraft in its fleet of 26 aircraft.
Speaking on the development, Arik Air senior vice president, Operations/deputy managing director, Captain Ado Sanusi, said the feat is a major achievement, not only for Arik Air but for Nigerian aviation in general.
“Arik Air is proud of this achievement and appreciates the support from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), US FAA and all other stakeholders in the industry,” Ado added.
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