U-Arik Air uqoka umphathi omusha

I-Arik Air, okuyinkampani yezindiza ehamba phambili eNigeria, namuhla imemezele ukuthi isiqoke uMnu. Jason Holt njengomqondisi wayo omusha, ozoqala ukusebenza ngoMsombuluko, ngo-Okthoba 19, 2009. UMnu Holt uvela ehhovisi lase-Arik Air eLondon lapho, ezinyangeni eziyi-18 ezedlule, usebenze njengomxhumanisi nomeluleki osekela inkampani yezindiza njengoba ihlanganisa izimoto zayo ezintsha sha ze-Airbus A340-500 ekusebenzeni kwayo.

Ememezela ukuqokwa okusha eLagos, usihlalo we-Arik Air Limited, uSir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide uthe: “Mnu. UHolt ngungoti onolwazi kakhulu, osezingeni eliphezulu embonini yezindiza. Uchithe cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu esebenza embonini yezindiza yamazwe omhlaba, futhi ezingeni lakhe lokweluleka muva nje, usevele wenze igalelo elibonakalayo futhi elibaluleke kakhulu ekwandisweni kwamazwe omhlaba yi-Arik Air. Kuyangijabulisa ukumthola esekelwa ukuhola i-Arik Air esigabeni sayo sokukhula esilandelayo. ”

UMnu Holt akamusha eNigeria noma kwezindiza zaseNigeria. Wayengumqondisi wezokusebenza kwezindiza eVirgin Nigeria Airways Limited ekuqaleni kwayo ngo-2005 lapho athola khona inkampani ephethe i-Air Operator¹s Certificate (AOC), wahola ukutholwa kwezimoto zayo iBoeing ne-Airbus, futhi wahlela amaqembu asebenzayo. Phambilini ubephinde abe yinhloko yezokuphepha eVirgin Atlantic Airways e-UK.

Ngonyaka ka-2006-2007, uMnu. Holt wayengumqondisi wezokusebenza kwezindiza kwa-BMED Limited, okuyibhizinisi laseBritish Izindiza, futhi waba nesandla ekusunguleni ukusebenza kwe-Airbus okuphephile, okugcina isikhathi, futhi okungabizi kakhulu enkampanini yezindiza enkabeni ye-Asia, e-Afrika, ngaseMpumalanga, kanye namanethiwekhi weLevant. Wayekade eyisikhulu esiphezulu sezisebenzi e-Saudi Arabia's National Air Services Limited (NAS), obhekele zonke izici zezindiza, ukwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinsiza zabagibeli besikhumulo sezindiza.

Ekwamukela ukwesekwa kwakhe, uMnu. Holt uthe: “Ekwenzeni indima yami yakamuva yokweluleka i-Arik Air, ngibe nelungelo lokuba yingxenye yeqembu elisize i-Arik Air ukuthi ivikele isikhundla sayo njengenkampani yezindiza esezingeni lomhlaba futhi yabeka izinyathelo zayo izimakethe zomhlaba wonke. Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi manje sengizobuyela eLagos ngiyothatha lesi sikhundla ekomkhulu lezindiza futhi ngihole nokwanda okuqhubekayo kwe-Arik Air ezimakethe zasekhaya, zezifunda nezamazwe omhlaba. ”

Umshayeli wendiza oneminyaka engama-46 une-Executive MBA evela eLondon Business School, IT Sloan School of Management, naseHarvard Law School. Owayekade eyisikhulu se-UK Royal Air Force, uMnu. Holt uyilungu le-Aviation Club yase-UK futhi Ungumuntu waseRoyal Aeronautical Society yase-UK.

I-Arik Air iyinkampani yezindiza ehamba phambili yaseNigeria. Isebenza ngemikhumbi ye
Izindiza ezingama-29 zesimanje zobuchwepheshe besifunda, ezokuthutha okuphakathi nendawo nezokuhamba isikhathi eside. Inkampani yezindiza njengamanje isebenza ngezikhumulo zezindiza ezingama-20 kulo lonke elaseNigeria, kanye nase-Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Niamey (Niger), London Heathrow (UK), nase IGoli (iNingizimu Afrika).

Inkampani yezindiza njengamanje isebenza izindiza eziyi-120 nsuku zonke kusuka ezikhungweni zayo eLagos nase-Abuja futhi iqashe abasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1,700.

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