The dream for Nigeria to conduct major aircraft maintenance locally and save a substantial part of the over $2 billion spent annually on overseas checks may have materialised with Aero Contractors’ approval to conduct D-check on Boeing B737 classic.
 
Two years ago Aero received certification for Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to conduct C-checks on Boeing B737 Classics, which is the major aircraft fleet for scheduled commercial operation in Nigeria…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/08/16/nigeria-begins-high-level-aircraft-maintenance-as-aero-upgrades-to-d-check/

Michel Colleau is the general manager, Air France KLM Nigeria & Ghana. In an interview with IFEOMA OKEKE in Paris, he speaks about Air France/KLM redesigned Airbus 330 and how this has improved customer experience on board. He also speaks on Nigeria’s key position in the African market…
 
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https://businessday.ng/aviation/article/nigeria-is-one-of-our-top-three-biggest-markets-in-africa-colleau/
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In a bid to intensify the fight against drug trafficking, two new body scanners are to be installed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the coming weeks.
 
The PUNCH gathered that the location where the scanner would be installed at the Abuja airport was under construction and would be completed in about two weeks while the scanner for the Lagos airport would be installed before the end of September.
 
The installation will increase the number of body scanners at Lagos and Abuja airports to four. Both airports had been using one body scanner each, prolonging the time it takes to process passengers especially at peak periods…
 
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https://punchng.com/lagos-abuja-airports-to-get-new-body-scanners/
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The Nigeria Aviation Handling Company Plc says it has acquired $7mn (N2.5bn) set of equipment for passenger facilitation and other aspects of its business.
 
The Group Managing Director, NAHCO Aviance, Mrs Olatokunbo Fagbemi, who made this known on Thursday, said it was part of the company’s five-year transformational plan to boost growth in the aviation industry.
 
Fagbemi, who spoke at a pre-annual general meeting forum in Kano, was quoted to have said the firm would use the equipment to sustain high-level service delivery across domestic and international airports in the country…
 
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https://punchng.com/nahco-invests-2-5bn-in-equipment-upgrade/
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The Federal Government through its agency, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has commenced the installation of prefabricated pilot joint briefing offices nationwide.
 
The agency said the move is targeted towards digitising the nation’s aeronautical information service, adding that the installation team which had completed work at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos had proceeded to another airport and would continue the installation in 21 airports and three aerodromes nationwide…
 
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https://punchng.com/fg-begins-pilot-briefing-office-installation-in-24-airports/
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The absence of a functional national carrier in Nigeria, and other African major air markets has been blamed for local airlines’ loss of international air traffic to their foreign counterparts. The dominance, which has steadied at 80 per cent in the last couple of years, cost indigenous operators both potential revenue and growth.
 
The Group Chief Executive officer (GCEO) of Ethiopian Airlines (ET), Tewolde Gebremariam, alluded to this recently in Abuja, warming that the dominance may, in fact, worsen if Nigeria, among others, do not float a national carrier and make flag carriers competitive…
 
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https://guardian.ng/business-services/why-foreign-airlines-retain-80-air-traffic-share-in-nigeria-others/

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc. (nahco aviance) and Turkish Airlines have agreed to further strengthen the partnership that exists between both organisations. This is to further ensure seamless importation and exportation of cargoes. The company said the reinforced partnership was coming at a time NAHCO was driving a five-year transformation plan with determined focus on the customer.

​Speaking at Iftar dinner organised for Turkish Airlines stakeholders in Lagos, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Olatokunbo Fagbemi, said the partnership was about ensuring that NAHCO does things in such a way that it is easy for Turkish Airlines to serve the clients and the shippers better and it is easy for the shippers to understand the activities of Turkish Airlines…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/31/nahco-turkish-airlines-strengthen-partnership/

Bristow Helicopters said it increased its fleet size with the introduction of six additional aircraft in the past six months.
 
The firm stated that the aircraft include the Sikorsky S76D and S92, Leonardo AW139,  AW189 helicopters and Embraer ERJ 145. The Managing Director of Bristow, Capt. ‘Dapo Oyeleke, said the additions to the Bristow Nigeria fleet signified the importance, growth potential and confidence the company had in the Nigerian market…
 
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https://punchng.com/bristow-nigeria-expands-fleet-size/

The federal government at the weekend disclosed plan to demolish the international terminal of the Murtala Murhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos, and rebuild it at the cost of N14 billion. The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who made this known during a meeting with stakeholders in Lagos, said when the new terminal that is almost completed comes on stream before the end of the year, the old terminal would be demolished…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/05/20/fg-to-demolish-rebuild-mmia-terminal-for-n14bn/