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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/
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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 The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is exploring opportunities to enhance the management and operational effectiveness of the nation’s airports with Munich Airport, Germany. The Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, recently led a delegation of the organisation and other stakeholders to Germany on the development.
Yadudu stated that Munich airport was one of the world’s most successful airports, adding that the visit was part of the commitment of the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, to ensure that key airports in country measured favourably with their counterparts in other parts of the world, especially in terms of management, operational efficiency and safety… More details through: https://punchng.com/faan-explores-new-partnership-with-munich-airport/ Caverton Helicopters and Thales of France have signed a factory acceptance for AW139 reality H full-flight simulator for Caverton Aviation Training Centre.
According to Caverton, the Thales Reality H full-flight simulator level ‘D’ is one of the world’s most advanced commercial helicopter simulators and will be used to provide superior scenario-based flight and mission training to AW139 helicopter operators across Africa as well as Caverton’s pilots and crew. The firm said with the simulator, Caverton would deliver state-of-the-art training including initial type rating, recurrent training and proficiency checks for visual flight rules and instrument flight rules, offshore and onshore missions as well as VIP operations to unprepared landing sites… More details through: https://punchng.com/caverton-thales-sign-helicopter-simulator-deal/ A consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air has been shortlisted to bid for Nigeria’s Aviation Leasing Company (ALC). For the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility, two companies – A.J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines – were shortlisted out of seven that expressed interest for the facility.
More details through: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/egypt-air-ethiopian-airlines-shortlisted-for-leasing-company-mro-facility.html Plans by three domestic airlines to start operations second quarter of this year may change the travel dynamics in the country’s aviation industry and may have limited choices of air travellers. The airlines that have signified their interest to begin for which they have gotten to an advanced stage of Air Operator Certificates (AOC) are United Nigeria Airlines, Green Africa Airways and Value Jet.
Cumulatively, scheduled airlines in Nigeria, which currently have little over 40 aircraft could now have over a hundred planes by the time these new airlines come into service… More details through: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/new-airlines-may-force-seat-glut-low-fares/ 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/ 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/ |
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