To sustain its aircraft maintenance capacity, Aero Contractors may utilise the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Uyo airport, built by Akwa Ibom state government. The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi said airlines in Nigeria and in the West and Central Africa have been bringing their planes to the […]
The Chief Executive Officer, Belujane Konsultant and industry stakeholder, Chris Aligbe, in this interview, says even when flight operations resume post COVID-19, it will take about a year for the aviation industry to record high load factor. Chinedu Eze brings the excerpts: Don’t you think it is high time government took a decision on Arik […]
Nigeria’s major operator, Aero Contractors has said that it protects its passengers and crew from coronavirus infection because it has taken measures to ensure that it follows strict standard to ensure that its customers are insulated from the pandemic that is currently ravaging the world. Aero was reacting to the statement credited to the […]
Domestic airlines lost huge revenue on Wednesday and Thursday, due to flight cancellations and delays occasioned by bad weather. THISDAY learnt that Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace delayed many of its flights to Asaba, Kaduna from Lagos due to Harmattan haze, which reduced visibility below accepted flight level at all the airports in the country. […]
Expenditure by airlines for maintenance, training of personnel and funds repatriated by foreign airlines yearly has been put at $3.5 billion, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. The expenditure also included cost of reinsurance with international companies and purchase of aircraft spare parts. The figures were compiled from data made available by the International Air Transport Association […]
