Cargo/Handling

FEDERAL Airport Authority (FAAN) and Ethiopian Airlines Cargo along with many airlines, logistics and global financial service companies will be supporting the first aviation, cargo and export conference in Nigeria up on the 25th and 26th of August 2021 in Lagos Since 1935, aviation has been growing in Nigeria. With so many airlines and airports, it is expected that aviation …

ETHIOPIAN Airlines Group, the largest Pan-African airline, has become Africa’s top airline in passenger and freight traffic retaining its leadership position in the continent. According to the African Airlines Association’s (AFRAA) report, Ethiopian has been ranked first by passenger and cargo traffic in 2020. Ethiopian carried 500 thousand tons of freight and 5.5 million passengers through its main hub, Addis …

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that the parking process at the Hajj/Cargo terminal, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos has been automated and is slated to go live Monday, July 5, 2021. FAAN in a statement signed by General manager Corporate Communication, Mr. Henrietta Yakubu explained that the airports manager has deployed a modern car park solution with …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has promised to improve its relationship with its customers with the provision of state-of-the-art faculties and excellent service delivery as well as appreciate their support, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which ravaged the entire globe in the past year. SAHCO in an event themed: ‘A Night With SAHCO Plc’, held at Marriott Hotel, Lagos, over …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc’s Profit before Income Tax rose by 57 per cent to N566, 665, 000 in the year which ended December 31, 2020 an increase from N360, 930, 000 in 2019. This is just as the ground handler has approved dividend of 16.5k per ordinary share of 50k to its shareholders. These were contained in the …

NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO Plc, has clinched the contract to handle United State based United Airlines for the next three years just as it signed a five-year contract with Qatar Airways in Abuja and renewed the Lagos contract for another five years. United Airlines, had voluntarily exited Nigeria in 2016 and is making a comeback in November, with NAHCO …

MANAGING Director Skyway Aviation handling Company (SAHCO), Mr. Basil Agboarumi have restated the need for government to look into handling companies’ plea to get duty waivers on importation of aviation and spares explaining that like aircraft, equipment are expensive and not off the shelf buys and cost millions in foreign exchange. This is just as he has identified heavy charges …

ETHIOPIAN Airlines has announced that it has operated COVID-19 vaccine delivery flights from Mumbai to Addis Ababa and from Beijing to Brazzaville. Ethiopian transported the first batch of coronavirus vaccines from Mumbai to Addis Ababa on 06 March 2021. The airline continued to play its prominent role in the vaccine distribution and transported the vaccines from Beijing to Brazzaville via …

THE Domestic Airport Cargo Agents Association (DACAA), cargo agents operating at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos have lauded the management of the terminal for installing state-of-the-art screening machine as well as provide improved security. DACAA said that the installation of the screening machine had further enhanced security of goods and cargo at the shed. Chairman, DACAA Mr. Monday …

DOMESTIC Airport Cargo Agents Association (DACAA) has called on Bi-Courtney Aviation Services (BASL) operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) for security at the cargo shed of the terminal, to restrict access as the cargo business is not an all comers affair. Speaking to Aviation reporters today, officials of DACAA said they have operated from the MMA2 terminal …