Arik Air, West Africa’s largest commercial airline, and Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry announced that they have signed a five year full content agreement. The agreement guarantees Amadeus’ travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of Arik Air’s fares, schedules and inventory.
“With this new agreement, Arik Air will have competitive and cost effective distribution by using Amadeus as a partner both in Nigeria and in our international markets,” said Kevin Steele, Vice Presidemt, Commercial, Arik Air.
According to the agreement, the fares, schedules and inventory made available through the Amadeus system will be the same, and under the same conditions, as through any indirect or direct channel, distribution provider or website.
“Amadeus is committed to securing long term distribution agreements that bring full content security to travel agencies and ensure stability in the marketplace,” Birger Bjornhof, General Manager, Amadeus Nigeria and Ghana, commented.
Amadeus is present in 195 countries around the world and manages a global network of over 90,000 travel agency points of sale.
More than 80 percent of all airline bookings sold by Amadeus travel agencies worldwide are made on airlines with content agreements. Arik Air is Nigeria’s largest domestic airline and operates mainly from two hubs at Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
It operates a fleet of 23 state-of-the art regional, medium haul and long haul aircraft including two Airbus A340-500 making the airline the first operator of the wide bodied aircraft in Africa. The airline currently serves 30 airports across Nigeria as well as Accra (Ghana), Banjul (Gambia), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), London Heathrow (UK), Johannesburg (South Africa) and New York JFK (USA).
The airline operates a combined number of over 120 daily flights from its hubs in Lagos and Abuja, and has been Africa’s fastest growing airline for the last two years.
Source: http://www.businessdayonline.com
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