By Gabriel Atumeyi
Due to dwindling revenue caused by the impact of Coronavirus on its operations, the management of Arik Air has relieved 300 workers of their employment.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the airline’s spokesman, Adebanji Ola.
The airline said 50 per cent of Arik Air’s over 1,600 workforce have been on unpaid leave of absence in the past six months on a base allowance, adding that the sacked workers were redundant and negotiations were ongoing to settle all outstanding obligations to the affected persons.
The statement explained, “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.”