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 […]
In a bid to meet the growing demand of other indigenous airlines on aircraft repairs and maintenance, Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors has started expanding it’s maintenance facility to take in more aircraft. The airline has also announced that it will resume flight operations on December 5, with six aircraft to service 10 destinations as […]
Since it became public that the federal government is in talks with Africa’s most profitable carrier, Ethiopian Airlines as its choice of core investor/ technical partner for the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air, industry stakeholders have reacted differently to the report. Last week, a team from the Ministry of Aviation met with Ethiopian Airlines management […]
The reality of the prevailing dire situation in the Nigerian aviation sector, which manifested in the withdrawal of services by Aero Contractors last week and the suspension of Dana Air operation by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, over its poor financial status, is an indication that unless aviation authorities act swiftly, the fate that befell […]
Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors has announced the suspension of flight operations. The airline in a statement said this was due to challenging operational environment. In May this year, THISDAY reported that barring any intervention that the airline, which has operated for 61years, might go under. The company in a statement said, “Due to the […]
