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''Dear Stella,my sister in law has been at Abuja airport since morning,i booked 11am flight for her to Port harcourt and the flight was shifted to 4pm then she called again that it has been moved to 8:30pm then she called again that it has been moved to 11:30pm now it has been cancelled and there is no one to address them on what next,if they are to return tomorrow morning or what?
What is wrong with Arik when other flights has been going? it cant be weather issues...
Arik air has been taking Nigerians for granted just because the feel they are the best.
UPDATE....
Arik workers are running and the passengers are chasing them,Army men want to seize my sister in law's phone because i asked her to send pix of what is going on, people are fighting at the airport by this time of the night. Smh''
It's high time people stopped using arik air services..
ReplyDeleteI don't even remember they exist anymore. It's been air peace for me and their services has been better so far.
So who are those anonymous begi begis cos everyone with id is now claiming to fly or have flown Arik with delays. Hmmm
DeleteI can't even remember the last time I Patronised Arik or Aero...they can't be trusted.Dana is very reliable!
DeleteThey are shouting buy naija to grow to naira mean while they are messing up. Instead of using the little money they have to improve their services, they are busy endorsing kaakiri. This is where the regulatory bodies should come in. When they are supposed to suspend, they won't suspend, it's matter that doesn't consign them they'll be doing gra gra on top. Mschew. They have kukuma received bribe from the officials so they won't take action. Honestly this country ehn, it's well.
DeleteSupported, been airpeace for me too.
DeleteThey should beat them up already I mean what sort of rubbish is that. Where are they expected to go by this time of the night.
ReplyDeleteMy own is from abuja to benin. No bus at big joe motors, got to d park by 7am and left by 5pm got to benin 12midnight.
DeleteFunny but annoying
ReplyDeleteI can't believe people are still patronizing Arik when air peace is there...
ReplyDeleteMtcheeeew...
It is so ridiculous, you have no idea. My flight for 11:40 am today from Lagos to Asaba was cancelled at about 5:45pm. No apologies, no remorse, no explanation whatsoever. The staff were even giving us attitude on top our money. We couldn't get refunds, some of the checked in bags were put on flights that moved. Ridiculous situation I tell you and the staff carried on like it wasn't a big deal. There was a man in a wheelchair who had a medical appointment he paid 12k dollars for and the clinic day is tomorrow. He would obviously miss it and he was so sad. We need to boycott Arik for real. They do not deserve to run a business because they are a bunch of clueless and irresponsible people. Pissed off is an understatement for how I feel. Now I am stuck in Lagos for the holidays and I don't get to see my family after paying over N35K for the flight and N8k for the van that took me to and from the airport today. Crazy stuff!
ReplyDelete12k dollars. So people are still collecting fees in dollars in Naija. Leaving Lagos to Asaba for treatment. Hmmm Abi the said man is not good my in your direction. Plenty fabu.
DeleteRead again
DeleteHmmm
ReplyDeleteLol,this airline need it sometimes,so annoying
ReplyDeleteBut this jist is funny shaa
ReplyDeleteStella,I can so relate o.It was not a funny experience yesterday at Abuja airport.Seemed the whole of Abuja travelled yesterday.Everywhere was filled with frustrated passengers.Almost all the airlines shifted or cancelled their flights.I was to fly Dana of 3pm to Lagos but the flight was shifted to 5.I was even lucky I was still able to make it Lagos.Arik kept cancelling and Shifting their flights.Medview had no planes on ground.Infact,Arik plane going to Asaba had to tell their passengers to alight cuz the plane couldn't take off.Arik has really been messing up lately.I knew it would be worse today.So I don't doubt that this happened.
ReplyDeleteCould you just imagine such level of insensitive. ....
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I suffered same fate at PH airport but with Aero contractors. ...
Jeeez, i stay for airport soteeee i almost forgot my surname. ..
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No one addressed us , it was painful as other airlines left us ...
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Ndia ji mmadu egwu egwu n"obodo a mehn.....
Pichaunnnn gbagaun!!
DeleteToo bad for Omoni.
ReplyDeleteIt's not new. Same thing Air France did for us one day. The stupid airline idiots started running helter skelter when we wanted to start fighting. All of them ran away. It was just us an terminal looking and waiting for any plane to take us. Omo I could not stay one more day in Nigeria. See fight that day na? Some Oyinbo even wan chance, as we remove hand say everybody go quench here, as we no be naija wey worship Oyinbo. Make dem look face well. Mtschew
ReplyDeleteI stopped using Arik when they delayed my flight from ph to abj 28th may last year. Flight that was scheduled for 12pm ,they kept shifting and shifting.......we arrived abj 1am.
ReplyDeleteComing back to ph nah wahala,7am flight but we got to ph 8pm.......something need to be done,they are really taking people for granted 😡
So you dey make enuf gain for that hair wey you dey sell sote you fit pay for plane, SMH. I must comment
DeleteThis isn't the shennel that sells the mambo hair or is it crotchet braids..
DeleteThere are 2 shennel here. Stop attacking people unnecessarily.
Anon lol. Not everyone is poor now. #shinesteeth
DeleteAnon, 6:19
DeleteI feel very embarrassed on your behalf.
C'mon don't look down on some
DeleteThat hair could be her 2nd/3rd source of income
Please I'm not the shennel selling that hair biko.
DeleteMy name is Shennel Hyacinth,I guess there is another Shennel here.
A friend of mine was stuck at the airport for 8 hours, from this same Abuja to Calabar today. Only arik plies that route. So I believe this story
ReplyDeletePerson wey dey go Jerusalem sef go don reach
DeleteHaba na Dana dey fuckk up like dis na, wen Arik start dis one?
ReplyDeleteNne you mustn't comment. Dana is so time conscious and ARIK has always been in the news for reasons such as this so talk about Ekenedilichukwu and ABC transport and stop fooling yourself
DeleteIts not true. They are good and their services is second to non. They always take consequences of their wrongs. Dana all the way.
DeleteDana and airpeace have great services.
DeleteMy mum experienced this same thing.flight was cancelled without informing d passengers,evn d fixed day was hell,d flight dat ws scheduled for 3pm ws stil here till 7pm n they were going newyork.boarding the plane sef na anoda hell,too much heat,AC wasn't working well.dey fan themselves to newyrk frm lagos here.Imagine.Mum jus praying against plane crash.
ReplyDeleteNa lie. New York is 14 hrs and you can't fly that long in a compressed air space. Find another lie. To think that you're anonymous, does lying make you feel confident cos nobody even knows who you are.
DeleteWhy tha f..k you lying, why you always lying.....OMG!! Stop f..king lying
DeleteLol,am guessing this person is kidding.Ya kidding,right??Cos I do not want to believe you'll come up with such dumb lie.
DeleteLiar
DeleteMy dear no airline will fly an aircraft that got pressurisation issue
DeleteAn aircraft can be hot on ground not on air, on ground very likely the APU got issue but on air, that's an emergency case o o which we don't pray, because 02 is gradually loosing then, which can make the 02 mask drop n sharp decent will take place and the Capt will call for Mayday mayday
The coupit crew needs the 02 more than anyone in d aircraft, sorry to say,
U'll not understand
I can't explain abeg hand dey pain me
Lilly, better! Stop explaining what you don't know.
DeleteWhat is coupit? Ehn?
*cockpit*
DeleteQuicksilver or shoplifter what ever your name is u must sick
If u knew d spelling, why didn't u reply with it
U always spill menses under peoples comment
U'r full hate, u got bitter soul
Go check your life
*u'r full of*
DeleteThat's why I fly Aero in Nigeria. I can't shout abeg.
ReplyDeleteIf Aero won't take me there, I travel by road. Who has time to patronise Arik?
Nonsense.
Aero.. I hate that flight so much after using them when I was in my final year in the University.. Their services that time was poor and they had some seats that were damaged.. Plus they kept canceling until we finally left Lagos to Abuja. Flew with them once and never used them..
DeleteHope they are better now
Aero has nousy aircrafts and looks old and worn out. Dana is more organized and timely. Disciplinary action should be taken against Arik by the necessary authorities. They cant continue to bullshit us.
DeleteThey mess up and lack any form of customer service /relations.
Na wa..o
ReplyDeleteThis arik is becoming useless, use to like them
ReplyDeleteNo be small On Wednesday 23rd March my Arik flight of 07:30 was delayed to 09:00 (they sent SMS and email though) and arrived LOS by 10:15 and had to wait for 10 minites for the step to be brought and another 10 minutes for the bus to come which carried some and others walked to the arrivals.
ReplyDeleteThe 1:30 return flight to PH was moved to 3:00pm, then by 3:10pm Arik announced a 1hour 10 minutes delay due to operational reasons. Then by 4:30pm (when we should have been airborne), they announced further 30 minutes delay due to operational reasons. then we later boarded by 5:15pm. Take off finally by 18:25 after pilot said we were on take off queue.
Lol@running.
ReplyDeleteIf it's not convenient for u remain where u are you must not travel for every celebration.
ReplyDeleteEaster go still reach where you dey.
Don't say that. What if it was an emergency? Some of them may have been traveling for other important purposes, asides Easter.
DeleteArik is full of shit,that airline is just a huge disaster.
ReplyDeleteArik's problems are hydra headed. Our chairman wouldn't pay pilots well so many of them are moving to other airlines causing a shortage of pilots to fly, this has led to flights been cancelled or terribly delayed because there are either no captains or co-pilots to fly. Secondly, I don't know what the issue is with fuel. We are always having fuel challenges every festive period, the aircraft won't be given fuel until long after the departure time, causing lots of delays. The decision making process at the top is very poor, everyone is scared of being fired by the Arik Chairman Sir Arumemi Johnson. All he cares about is flying to every destination and acquiring more brand new aircraft, without resolving the issues being experienced in the current routes being operated. He won't listen to input from staff who interact with passengers. It's a truly sad sad situation! Arik has so much potentials but the one man business bad management is ruining things. The staff suffer for the incompetency of the management, get beaten up when flights are cancelled and all. I'm just so upset that we are frustrating people with our poor services. I wish we will get our acts together!
ReplyDeleteI guess u'r an aviator
DeleteNo wonder they have lot of vacancies on their site
The same happened in Lagos....a friend has been at the airport since morning to catch a flight to enugu via aril...its been cancellation till 5pm when she updated last
ReplyDelete..Arik,maka why nah?
I shake my head with you, just negodu!
ReplyDeleteIf them enter bus, them for don reach where dem dey go tey tey. Mscheeeeeeewwwww.
ReplyDeleteNigerians can NEVER boycott something. Must they fly arik? The airline keeps treating them like shit and they still patronize them. Tomorrow some ppl will STILL book arik. Our leaders don't rwspect us, and we also don't respect ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI share the same thought with you on this one. Nigerians need special prayers to have courage to do the needful.
DeleteLol.
ReplyDeleteEven the flight to Lagos from abuja was delayed.
May God keep saving us in this country.
All institutions are down.
This is really bad.
ReplyDeleteArik and that ph airport ehn...only God knows.
ReplyDeleteMy mum, brother, his wife, MIL and daughter same thing happened to them lije a yr or so ago, frm 8am flight they left abuja 12.30am. Return my mum cos she came back 1st i picked her at 1am.
People should file a class action suit against them and it will serve as deterrence
Until Nigerians DEMAND better treatment they won't get it.
ReplyDeleteIt's that simple.
And no its not just Arik.
I've paid for a 4pm flight(Areo) from Uyo to Lagos that eventually saw me boarding the aircraft after 11pm.
Yes,we understand that shit happens but why is it so challenging to treat passengers with the care and regard any normal business treats its 'esteemed stakeholders' and address their worries, fears,concerns without first ignoring them for hours and then offering them some silly,
nonchalant excuse for postponed/cancelled/'dissapearing' flights?
Is this possible??
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On a much lighter note, Stella are you not doing Easter S&M???? 😂
Are you telling me that I've been polishing my halo for nothing???😁🙌😇
Hian!
Hmmm, those arik people can be very very annoying. They have the guts to get a new ambassador but can't operate well
ReplyDeleteHaba it's actually God that save but when it comes to safety measures in Nigeria I think Arik is still the best. However on Thursday Medview had same crisis a 2pm flight was moved to 6pm and the 10.30pm abuja to Lagos. They landed Lagos at about past 11. I'm guessing there's a major issue with airlines during festive periods in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteOnly in Nigeria ....
ReplyDeletePeople wey no dey chop 3 square meal dey follow call,air peace, air France, aero,med view etc.hmmm,The hype is real.#YSGallthe way
ReplyDeleteI remember back then in the University when Arik air was the only flight going from Lagos to jos or jos to Lagos.. And they had days when they fly. Very annoying something... Slept at the jos airport one time because they canceled the flight very late and I couldn't go back to my apartment.. Slept at their annoying airport till morning and the flight was still delayed till 12pm. Only for them to fly to have a stop over at kano (BTw not even the route but thru had to stop over so some people will go and some people will come in) before we left for Lagos... It was a very annoying trip. Got to Lagos so late and tired
ReplyDeleteHated them but no choice as they were the only option from Lagos to jos and I had to see boo my now hubby often . The only other option then was stopping at Abuja and then taking bus to jos, what kind of stress would that be..
Hope this has changed now. Hope they have more flight from jos to Abuja
Jos to Lagos I mean
ReplyDeleteWhy people still Arik is beyond me. When there are other airlines......... Do ppl even value their safety at all. I'm the sort that doesn't just enter any airline, if d one I choice is fully booked, I move my flight to another date. Nobody is chasing me.
ReplyDeleteThey now go ahead and make omoni ambassador. Shld that be their propriety rite now?
Abeg ppl shld start boycotting them, maybe they wld seat up. It's only thru God dat airline hasn't had technical issues, it's God just protecting them. I pray nothing ever happens, but I don't feel safe on Arik at all, so I will never enter. People shld start valuing their safety abeg.
#boycottArik
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