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European and American bound exports through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos will enjoy discounted charges, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, the Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has said.
He stated this in a webinar on fixing the broken supply chain: post COVID-19 survival strategies for non-oil exporters. He said this initiative would encourage exports from Nigeria and drive exports growth. “A special discounted airfreight services from Lagos International Airport to London Heathrow Airport and transshipment road haulage services to 27 EU countries was recently introduced by the Council and partnering Free on Board Global Logistics Limited (FOBGL)” he said… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/exports-via-lagos-airport-get-discounts-for-europe-us-routes
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The Federal Government has granted 7 star Global hanger license to operate the first African premium airline.
With the Airline Transport License (ATL), the first private independent aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) firm in West Africa said it was prepared to operate fixed and rotary wings. Its Managing Director, Isaac Balami, told reporters on Friday at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos the airline will deliver world class aviation services with customer satisfaction as its selling point… More details through: https://thenationonlineng.net/fg-grants-7-star-global-airlines-operating-license/ Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc has signed a contract that will enable it provide passenger, cargo and ground handling services to Qatar Airways for five years.
According to a statement emailed by the firm to our correspondent, the contract includes the provision of crew transportation and other ancillary services to the airliner. NAHCO’s Group Executive Director, Business Development and Commercial, Prince Saheed Lasisi, expressed excitement on the feat, describing it as a boost for both companies… More details through: https://punchng.com/nahco-signs-ground-handling-contract-with-qatar-azman/ Air Peace has taken delivery of a new ERJ-145 aircraft as part of plans to boost its domestic and regional operations. The 50-seater aircraft with registration number 5N-BXF arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 20:00hrs on Saturday, October 10, 2020, making it a total of 26 aircraft in its fleet.
Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this said: “We are very glad to announce the arrival of our eighth Embraer 145 Jet, another addition to the fleet of our subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper”. Olisa reiterated the airline’s commitment to ease the burden of travel in Nigeria and beyond. Olisa also confirmed that the airline is set to receive its brand new Embraer 195-E2. “We’re also gearing up to receive two brand new 124-seat capacity Embraer 195-E2 Jets this October, the first set of the 13 we had ordered, with purchase rights for 17 more”, he added… More details through: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/air-peace-takes-delivery-of-erj-145-aircraft-2-new-e195-e2s-expected/ Hillview Travels Ltd, the operators of Mambilla Air, said they are investing about $5.26 million (N2 billion) to revive the airline while operating flights to the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba state.
The CEO of the company, Aliyu B. Malabu in an exclusive interview in Abuja said the firm was leveraging on the 3050 megawatts (MW) Mambilla Hydropower Project and the tourism potential of the area. He noted that Mambilla Air had operated since the 1980s until 2011 when its operation was suspended. He said the management suspended the flight operations into its Gembu Airstrip in Taraba in 2011 over the high cost of leasing new aircraft and as it could not access its traditional equipment, Dornier 228 aircraft… More details through: https://dailytrust.com/firm-to-invest-n2bn-on-mambilla-air The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the instruments of ratification of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and the United States of Ameria, India, Morocco and Rwanda.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced this on Tuesday in a tweet via his official Twitter handle. This came as the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, during a visit to Sirika in Abuja, announced that the state’s cargo airport would be inaugurated in April 2021. BASA is an air transport agreement between two countries that liberalises commercial civil aviation services between the concerned nations… More details through: https://punchng.com/buhari-signs-air-service-agreement-with-usa-others/ Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has acquired another set of ground support equipment valued at about half a billion naira ($1.32 million).
The investment is part of the N3.6 billion equipment proposed in 2019 for injection into the company to aid facility upgrades and enhanced service delivery. The new delivery is the first of two sets expected before the end of the first quarter of 2020. The company has also completed the renovation of the cargo complex, which houses the airlines, cargo agents, banks, and other clients. Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCO, Tokunbo Fagbemi, said the plan was to make NAHCO customer-centric, and with this renovation, as well as the ongoing equipment purchase, “we are providing our clients a conducive environment to operate… More details through: https://guardian.ng/business-services/nahco-acquires-n500-million-ground-handling-equipment/ Airlines in West Africa spend over $1 billion on offshore maintenance of their aircraft, Accountable Manager, 7 Star Global Hangar Limited, Isaac David Balami said at the weekend. He said the cash taken out of the sub-region as capital flight could be retained if Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) centres have the capacity to fix critical repairs on airplanes.
Balami said investment by government and private sector players in the aircraft repair value chain would grow the business and reduce capital flight. He said the involvement of more indigenous players in the aircraft repair business would not only grow aviation technology, but ultimately lead to the manufacturing of not just spares, but a complete airplane… More details through: https://thenationonlineng.net/west-african-carriers-spend-1b-yearly-on-aircraft-maintenance/ An aircraft maintenance centre in Lagos, 7 Star Hangar, has invested over $263,000 (N100million) on equipment on equipment for Maintain, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility.
Speaking shortly after an inspection by officials of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the 7 Star hangar at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, the Managing Director, Isaac Balami, said the three-man team was at the Hangar to ascertain the level of their compliance to the guidelines of their nose masks production Balami explained the team was pleased with what they saw and gave the guidelines for the production of the nose masks. Balami said the 7 Star would soon start printing instructions on the use of masks and country of production as recommended by SON while it planned to commence the production of polo T-shirts and airline crew uniforms with its over 500 sewing machines… More details through: https://thenationonlineng.net/centre-spends-n100m-on-tools/ The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria, has hinted that Nigeria will soon take delivery of a new B737 full-motion flight simulator training purposes. The stimulator, acquired at the cost of $21million, has been under procurement for about four years now.
Giving these hints during a chat with Daily Trust, the NCAT Rector,Capt. Abdulsalam Mohammed, exclusively told our correspondent that the facility had been shipped in spite the COVID-19 pandemic… More details through: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigeria-acquires-21m-boeing-737-flight-simulator-ncat.html |
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