In a very shocking development, the management of Arik Air has terminated the appointments of members of its staff.
The airline announced this in a statement on Friday.
Arik blamed the mass laying off on the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The press statement was titled, “Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant”.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the company would provide a redundancy package for the affected workers with the help of the aviation unions.
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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.
“The leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for the affected staff.”
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