JET A1 Scarcity in Nigeria: Arik Air Scales Down Flight Operations

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There is another wave of fuel scarcity in the troubled aviation sector of Nigeria and Arik Air; Nigeria's largest carrier has alerted passengers that it has cut down the volume of flights in order to manage the impact of the scarcity and pleaded for the understanding of her customers whose flights are likely to be affected by the scarcity and reduction of flight services.
In a statements made available to the media, Arik Air explained that “The aviation fuel scarcity started manifesting last week when major oil marketers began to ration supply of the product to airlines. One of the marketers issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) on Saturday alerting of non-availability of the product in Lagos. Another marketer said it was running out of product in Lagos with limited supplies in Port Harcourt and Abuja".
The statement signed by the airline's Public Relations Manager Mr. Adebanji Ola added "As a result of the worsening supply situation of the aviation fuel, Arik Air has announced further reduction in flights from Wednesday, November 16 to cope with the fresh scarcity, and reduce the unpleasant delays and cancellations which passengers have experienced in recent times" 
Arik Air disclosed that text messages would be sent to passengers whose flights are affected and urged passengers to also to contact her call centre on 01 2799999 or 08077791683 for enquiries about their flights. 
Arik Air operates a minimum of 100 flights daily and consumes about 500,000 liters of fuel on a daily basis, so it is not surprising that whenever issues like this arise, the airline is usually the worst hit. One can unarguably say that whatever affects Arik Air's flights operations affects the entire Nigeria's Aviation Sector and therefore calls on all concerned stakeholders to work round the clock to insure that the current scarcity does not linger.

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