Sanusi Aviation

Aero Explains Smoke Incident in PH-Lagos Flight

  The CEO of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi has explained the smoke incident that happened in its Port Harcourt to Lagos flight on Tuesday and explained that the incident was not life threatening various reports have indicated. Below is the timeline of the flight. Aero flight NG316 on April 18, 2017, departed Port-Harcourtairport in […]

SANUSI: HOW WE PLAN TO REVAMP AERO CONTRACTORS

The new Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi says his management has fashioned out a blueprint to turnaround the airline. The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in 2011 took over Aero, but from 2011 till now there is no sign of reviving Aero, now they have taken over […]

How the Recession is Affecting Passenger Traffic

For air transport operators, the year 2016 was their worst in recent memory, as the depletion of air travelers impacted negatively on airlines. Discovery Air, which suspended operation in 2015, had planned to bounce back last year. The airline made several efforts to access credit facility from local and international financiers but the rate with […]

Aero Contractors Resumes Flight Operations Wednesday

Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors said it has concluded plans to resume flight operations on Wednesday.   The airline which stopped schedule services on September 1, 2016 due to lack of operational funds and the inability to pay for maintenance costs of its aircraft taken out for checks, said it would resume small.   It […]

Labour Unions Accused of Frustrating Aero’s Resumption

The National Union of Air Transport Association (NUATE) and the Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) have been accused of stalling the plan by Aero management to resume schedule flight services. The move by Aero to lay off some workers to be able to operate with lean workforce that would match its lean resources […]