ARIK AND LUFTHANSA TECHNIK!!!

The rumour is Arik will not renew the contract with Highfly and Iberia Maintenance for the A345's and potential A330's, further it looks like the mood between Arik and Lufthansa Technik has cooled considerably in the meantime, since Arik seems to be deaf in one ear as soon as it comes to pay the monthly dues.

Arik announced on their homepage : Under the new partnership, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cityline will continue to provide technical support to Arik Air in the areas of line maintenance, base maintenance, materials and pool parts among others for the next five years,........................ such contract was never signed, though.

Due to open bills, Lufthansa Technik just refused to release aircrafts a week ago, no Boeing/CRJ aircraft left LOS...