Arik, Asky, Aero, Others to Discuss Aviation in W/Africa

The Chief Executive Officers of the three leading Airlines in West Africa ASKY ,ARIK and AERO have confirmed participation at the Accra Weizo event scheduled for the 15th of July in Accra Ghana. They will be discussing the increasing challenges faced by Airlines in West Africa. West Africa has a population of over 300 Million […]

Why Accra-Lagos Route is Fading Fast

The load factor for airlines on the popular Accra-Lagos route has diminished. Some of the airlines are reconsidering the route. Without official announcement, some have started withdrawing their service through unexpected cancellations. Four Nigerian airlines and one Ghanaian airline have shown consistency on the route; now that consistency is slipping. In the last 10 years, […]

Aero Explains Role in Exposing Suspected Child Kidnapper

Aero Contractors has revealed how its check in staff that reported a child kidnapper who boarded the airline’s flight at the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport (MMA2), Lagos on Tuesday. A middle-aged female passenger, billed to travel to Port Harcourt carried two-week old infant suspected not to be her child by her conduct and was forced […]

Aero Appoints Akinkuotu Substantive CEO

Former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu has been appointed the substantive Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors. According to statement from the airline, the Receiver Manager of Aero, Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire has appointed Akinkuotu as CEO for Nigeria’s major domestic operator, as part of the second phase of […]

AMCON Takes Full Ownership of Aero Contractors

In a move that may be in response to the many months of clamour by labour and other Nigerians, the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has finally taken full ownership of Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors. AMCON absorbed the toxic assets of the company when it was headed down due to over bloated debts […]