Arik Air (W3, Lagos) has deployed its first CRJ1000, 5N-JEE (cn 19037), into revenue service on flights throughout Nigeria. Research shows the twinjet, which arrived in-country in June of this year, has been operational on the following flights out of Lagos: Benin City, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, and Uyo; and on the following flights out of Abuja: Enugu, Ibadan, and Kano.

The Nigerian carrier has two more of the type on order from Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) though no official date for their delivery has been set.