The hope that Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors may resume schedule commercial operations soon has been dashed as the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and the management of the airline are yet to reach a compromise on how the airline could resume flight services. Aero Contractors stopped schedule operation on September 1, 2016 […]
Since Aero Contractors and First Nation Airways stopped their schedule passenger service, there have been palpable fears that the poor financial status of Nigerian airlines could make them compromise safety standards. It is a general belief that airlines cut corners in aircraft maintenance owing to the high costs of checks, which are usually carried out […]
Industry experts have projected that by the end of 2017 only three Nigerian airlines will be operating scheduled passenger service, which means that two more airlines may stop operation after Aero Contractors. Domestic carriers are facing hard times owing to high cost of aviation fuel and a slumping Naira because almost everything used for airline […]
The federal government has assured the workers of Aero Contractors that none of them would lose their jobs just as he promised to restructure the airlines. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known when he addressed workers of the airline who occupied its headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed sundry claims that some Airlines are winding down their operations. On the contrary, these airlines are merely suspending their operations temporarily to enable them undertake certain operational overhaul and strengthen their overall operational outlay. One of the airlines, Aerocontractors Ltd., at present has only one serviceable aircraft.This […]
