Cargo/Handling

  NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company Plc, NAHCO Plc, at the weekend, held a Stakeholder dinner commemorating the resumption of Ethiopian Airlines to Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu on October 9, 2021. The flight resumption was heralded with fanfare and fulfillment of expectation after her over two years absence from the station. NAHCO Plc, the airline’s ground handling provider utilized …

HOUSE of Representatives Committee on Aviation has advised that the new aircraft ground handling rate of $3900 be put on hold till after the next meeting with the stakeholders scheduled for Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 for all parties to come to agreement. The new rate which shot up the handling rate of jumbo aircraft of the size of Boeing 777 …

GROUND handlers have enumerated some challenges associated warehousing of goods stressing that despite investment in equipment to raise the bar in warehousing things like  electricity, lack of forex, duplication of duties among government agencies still pose major challenges to effective warehousing. Managing Director Skyway Aviation Handling Company Ltd (SAHCO), Mr. Basil Agboarumi gave this  run down at the Chinet Aviation …

CHIEF Executive officer Mainstream Cargo Limited, Mr. Seyi Adewale has said that there is the need to encourage and support state governments in build airport cargo infrastructure stressing that it is critical for connecting-the-dots in moving mostly agricultural produce and would aid in growing state economy, generate IGR and create jobs. This is just as he decried that the nation …

GROUP Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc,  Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi has again asked for a better operating environment and an effective framework to support cargo export in the country so that the planes would stop flying from Nigeria empty. In her presentation at the CHINET Aviation and Cargo conference titled: The Role of a Handling …

THE Emerging Cargo Airport at Ogun State One of Nigeria’s most Innovative Financial Institutions Sterling Bank  will be one of the Exhibitors at Chinet Aviacargo Expo. Sterling Bank is reinforcing its emerging Position as the Biggest Supporter of Transport and Travel Business in Nigeria and  is partnering with the First Aviation and Cargo Conference to help grow Export and Cargo …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has expanded its Aviation Ground Support Equipment (GSE) fleet with new ultra-modern equipment including Air Conditioning Units (ACU), Ground Power Units (GPU) Other equipment procured includes toilet bowsers, Water bowsers and baggage carts so as to adjust to its expanding business activities. SAHCO, according to a statement signed by Manager, Corporate Communications, Vanessa Uansohia, …

GROUND handling companies under the aegis of Aviation Ground Handling Association of Nigeria (AGHAN) have again stressed that it is imperative for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to put necessary regulations and policies in place, which would usher in new handling price rates for the sub-sector. Presently, handling fees by ground handling companies in Nigeria remains the lowest on …

MANAGING Director/CEO Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) Basil Agboarumi has told the Senate that the handling company despite its successes so far has had challenges sourcing foreign exchange, lowest handling charges in the region as well as payment of 5% of SAHCO’s gross to FAAN for amenities not provided. Agboarumi made this known to the Senate Committee on Privatization …

THE Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc over the weekend in Lagos hosted clients and aviation industry stakeholders to a customer appreciation party for their support and consistency, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which ravaged the entire globe in the past year. This is just as the handling company is promising to improve its working relationship with its customers by providing …