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Nigeria’s Arik Air resumes flights to South Africa
Saturday, March 3, 2012
“Many passengers have been detained and refused entry in recent months,” the airline said in an earlier statement.
It said health authorities gave the reason as incorrect or unrecognized batch numbers on the documentation which is mandatory proof before entry.
Arik, which began once-daily flights to South Africa in June 2009, currently operated a combined number of more than 120 daily flights to some west African countries, Heathrow (London), New York JFK (US) and Johannesburg.
Copyright 2012 AFP.
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