Management of Arik Air has terminated the appointments of 300 members of its staff.
This was made known on Friday in a statement by the company’s public relations and communications manager, Adebanji Ola, titled, “Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant.”
The statement attributed the decision to lay off the the staff on the economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The statement read in part, “Arising from 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 management of Arik Air (In Receivership) has declared 300 staff members redundant to its current level of operations.
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“It is important to note that over 50 percent 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 of staff is naturally a difficult decision. Arik Air wishes the impacted staff well in their future endeavors.
“The leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for the affected staff.”
The Next Edition recalls that Arik staff had grounded the company’s operations on Thursday due to “poor working” conditions.
They had also lamented that members of staff sent on furlough during the pandemic had not been recalled even after other airlines had done so.
