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Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has strengthened its partnership with Ramco, a software company based in Chennai, India, to provide improved digital solutions on the airline’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services, costing the airline $555,000 (N200million).
The partnership with commenced in 2019, saw the MRO operations go life in December, 2019. The automation has since made every aspect of the airline’s MRO services accessed and tracked real time for enhanced efficiency. Seven years ago, Aero Contactors got AMO approval from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) to carry out skeletal services like wheels and brakes, NDT and BSI (Borescope Inspection). The airline later applied for the upgrade of AMO to provide heavy maintenance since the company already had the experience and manpower… More details through: https://businessday.ng/aviation/article/aero-invests-n200m-on-automation-of-mro-processes/
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The national airline of Cape Verde, Cabo Verde Airlines, has chosen the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) to handle its operations in Nigeria.
Cabo Verde is a passenger and cargo airline based in Cape Verde. It connects four continents with non-stop flights from its hub at Amílcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island. A statement from NAHCO, said the airline would experience nahco aviance’ professional services, which it stated has seen the ground handler corner the handling of all European airlines that ply the Nigerian route… More details through: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/01/31/cabo-verde-airlines-partners-nahco/ Nigeria’s private sector airline, Quorum Aviation Limited, and United Kingdom based 328 Support Services have unveiled $2 billion investment portfolio for the country’s aviation sector.
This huge capital outlay was unfolded when the two firms signed a strategic collaboration agreement to support the growth of new regional connectivity in Nigeria and West African region… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/nigerias-aviation-gets-2bn-private-investment-boost/ Passenger traffic at the Murtala Muhammed Airport recorded a marginal growth of 6.6 percent in 2019, with no fewer than 7.3 million passengers using the busiest airport. The South West Airports’ manager of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Victoria Shin-Aba, yesterday disclosed this with assurance of additional upswing when the new terminal comes upstream.
2019 saw over half a million new traffic compared to 2018 that had a total of 6.8 million passengers. Aircraft movement also rose by 5.2 percent, as 96,373 were recorded in 2019 compared 91, 621 in 2018.The marginal increase has shown indication of overall growth in passenger traffic in both the local and international sections nationwide. The industry recorded 18 million passengers in 2018. The increase, compared with the 2017 figures, represents about 11 percent growth in passenger traffic… More details through: https://guardian.ng/business-services/lagos-airport-records-6-6-passenger-traffic-growth/ Air Peace, a Nigerian airline has signed an order for three Embraer E195-E2 planes worth $212.6 million.
The order was signed at the weekend during the ongoing Dubai Air Show. Embraer in a statement said the order confirms purchase rights from the original contract, signed in April 2019. Daily Trust reports that the airline had in April signed for 10 of the aircraft types valued at N2.1 billion. It has increased to 13. “These new E195-E2s will be included in Embraer’s 2019 fourth-quarter backlog and have a value of $212.6m, based on Embraer’s current list prices,” Embraer said. With the order, Air Peace is set to be the first E-Jets E2 operator in Africa… More details through: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/air-peace-signs-212-6m-deal-for-3-embraer-jets.html The Federal Government may be required to spend $210.5mn (N7.58bn) on new landing equipment at seven airports to improve aircraft movement in adverse weather conditions, Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi reports.
Following the high number of delayed and cancelled flights during the harmattan season, the Federal Government plans to install Category lll Instrument Landing System in seven airports across the country. In the first phase of the project, which is expected to cost about N7.58bn, the CAT lll ILS will be installed in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Katsina, Maiduguri and Sokoto airports. The CAT ll ILS currently in use in the seven airports are expected to be taken to other airports without the instrument to improve landing… More details through: https://punchng.com/new-landing-equipment-for-airports-to-gulp-n7-58bn/ Following the improvement in the Nigerian economy after the recession that hit the country, foreign airlines operating in the country sold tickets worth $700 million as at the end of August 2019, according to figures obtained from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The data represented a significant increase in ticket sales compared with the total of $800 million recorded in the whole of 2018. IATA has projected $1 billion foreign airlines’ ticket sales for 2019. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/10/29/foreign-airlines-reap-700m-from-ticket-sales-in-eight-months The national carrier of the Cape Verde Islands, Cabo Verde Airlines, has said it plans to begin flight services to Lagos by December.
The airline said on Tuesday that the direct flights from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Verde had been designed to boost tourism and travel between both countries. The Chief Executive Officer and President, Cabo Verde Airline, Jens Bjarnason, said the carrier’s Boeing 757-200 would be deployed for five times a week flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to its hub in Sal, Cape Verde… More details through: https://punchng.com/cabo-verde-airlines-expands-flights-to-nigeria/ 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… More details through: 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…
More details through: https://businessday.ng/aviation/article/nigeria-is-one-of-our-top-three-biggest-markets-in-africa-colleau/ |
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