Iberia A340-600
2008-10-01, 08:35 AM
Arik Air of Lagos, Nigeria will be taking delivery of 3 A340-500 aircraft originally destined for Kingfisher. The 3 aircraft already painted and interior fitted for Kingfisher and will be flown to ORY to be repainted and have some interior refurbishment done. Planned destinations for these aircraft are London, Houston, and New York. The destinations will probably be started as listed. Arik Air placed a Boeing order for -200LR aircraft to start a Lagos - Houston route and these aircraft are interim solutions.
Arik Air may be the only direct connection to Nigeria from New York since the Delta application was denied and Virgin Nigeria scraped plans due to high fuel costs.
Kingfisher will still take delivery of 2 A340-500 aircraft to operate their planned route to San Francisco.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -500s.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/09/30/316685/arik-air-confirms-to-take-three-a340-500s.html)
On a side note I believe the 4 Thai A340-500s are still available for purchase.
Arik Air may be the only direct connection to Nigeria from New York since the Delta application was denied and Virgin Nigeria scraped plans due to high fuel costs.
Kingfisher will still take delivery of 2 A340-500 aircraft to operate their planned route to San Francisco.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... -500s.html (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/09/30/316685/arik-air-confirms-to-take-three-a340-500s.html)
On a side note I believe the 4 Thai A340-500s are still available for purchase.