The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has projected that Nigeria will generate over $2 billion annually if it is able to establish major Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility. Doing so, he stated, will also save Nigerian airlines about the same amount of money that are repatriated annually to pay for aircraft […]
Cross River state owned Cally Air, may become the first source of conflict between the outgoing governor, Prof. Ben Ayade and the in-coming governor, Bassey Ottu, as the later stood in the way of the plan to concession the airline to a private company. Cally Air was wholly owned by the Cross River state government […]
Aero Contractors can rescue other Nigerian airlines if it expands its maintenance facility as many of them may not be disposed to robust financial outlay to continue to conduct overseas checks on their equipment. The resurgence of Aero Contractors after five months of suspending its scheduled commercial service due to financial challenges, no doubt, has […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu, has explained how the agency monitors airlines’ financial ability to sustain their operations. He also said whenever there was no doubt the agency would step in to ensure that airlines’ economic challenges do not erode their operational safety. Explaining why Aero Contractors […]
Captain Ado Sanusi will on Monday return at Aero Contractor as the CEO after almost two years he left the position in January 2021 and handed over to Captain Abdullahi Zubair Mahmood. The recall was prompted by the decision of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to strategically reposition the airline and in doing so […]
