Arik Wings of Nigeria (Arik Air) (arikair.com) Airbus A340-542 F-WJKH (msn 910) ORY (Pepscl), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Arik Wings of Nigeria (Arik Air) (arikair.com) (Lagos), following Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) certification, known as Category One, disclosed that it will start operating a Nigerian registered aircraft on the Lagos to New York (JFK) route.

Arik Air’s Airbus A340-500 aircraft had since November 2010 been flying the Lagos-New York JFK route under a foreign registration (CS-TFW), leased from and operated by HiFly (Lisbon).

Copyright Photo: Pepscl. Airbus A340-542 F-WJKH (msn 910) at Paris (Orly) became CS-TFW, operated by HiFly for Arik.