The dominance of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc in the ground handling landscape was further confirmed during the week by no less an organisation than ICAO when it awarded it Ra 3 Validation for its operations in Port Harcourt Airport.
The Regulated Agent Third Country Validation Process (Ra3 Validation) for Port Harcourt brings to three the number of airports where nahco aviance had secured the all-important validation.
Nahco aviance was the first ground handling company in the country to pass and receive the Ra3 Validation in compliance with the European Union regulatory requirements had previously received the first for the Lagos operations in 2013, followed by Abuja and now Port Harcourt. These three stations are vital to its operations and efforts are also in top gear towards securing same for other equally important stations where it operates.
Meanwhile, with this validation, nahco aviance has reaffirmed its position as the ground handler of choice for major airlines operating aircrafts from Nigeria to the European Union. It further means that shipments emanating from its facility would be directly accepted in all EU Countries.
Like other licenses, the Ra3 Validation which is a critical requirement for EU bound flights will aid in drastically reducing the cost of acquiring ACC3 validation for the airline’s operations.
Announcing the feat, the Chief Commercial Officer, Seyi Adewale, said the import of these licenses for the client airlines would be a reduction in the cost of doing business.
According to Adewale, “Notwithstanding the negative and unpleasant attention generated by the ‘worst airport’ toga on the Port Harcourt airport, we were undeterred and to show our patriotism, we deployed all our resources and compliance capabilities to reverse the impression. Consequently, all EU countries have been notified of Port Harcourt airport’s compliance to cargo export and this is worth celebrating”.
