Arik Air, has joined millions of Nigerians in congratulating the nation’s senior national women soccer team, the Super Falcons on their victory over Equatorial Guinea in last Sunday’s final of the Africa Women’s Championship in South Africa.
Arik Air’s Managing Director/Executive Vice President, Mr. Chris Ndulue echoed the sentiments of many in Nigeria saying “Congratulations to the Super Falcons from all of us at Arik Air, in reclaiming the African title they lost to Equatorial Guinea two years ago and on becoming six times champion of Africa.”
Ndulue stressed that Arik Air is happy to be identified with the Super Falcons having had the singular honour of flying the team to and from South Africa venue of the championship. “Arik Air has become the carrier of choice for Nigeria’s soccer teams and we are proud of this achievement. We feel highly honoured to have played a notable role in the team’s success at the African Womens’ Championship in South Africa”, Ndulue stated.
He noted that this is not the first time Arik Air will be flying the national team to or from a major championship after Arik stepped in to fly the Super Eagles from London to Durban, South Africa for the last World Cup. This was after the prearranged flight for the team could not operate.
“As the nation’s leading commercial airline, we see every opportunity of flying the national team as a call to duty and we will always be available to avail the nation our services. Once again, we congratulate the Super Falcons and wish the nation many more of such victories”, Ndulue said.
The Super Falcons left for Johannesburg, venue of the African Women Championship aboard Arik Air Airbus A330-200 aircraft on October 27 and the team returned with the same flight yesterday before being flown to Abuja in another Arik Air Boeing 737-700 aircraft for the Presidential reception.
Arik Air is West Africa’s leading commercial airline. It now operates a fleet of 26 state-of-the art regional, medium haul and long haul aircraft. The airline currently serves 22 airports across Nigeria as well as Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), London Heathrow (UK), Johannesburg (South Africa) and New York JFK (USA).
The airline currently operates over 150 flights daily from its hubs in Lagos and Abuja.
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