ASSOCIATION of Ground Handlers of Nigeria (AGHAN) has called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to review upwards ground handling charges, as what currently entails is peanuts and warned that safety may be compromised if the regulatory agency does not put the right policy in place. This is just as AGHAN is appealing government to adjust and waive the …
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SAHCO acquires first ramp electric Ground Support Equipment in Nigeria
SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has acquired the first eco-friendly ground support equipment to boost its operations. The new fleet of Ground Handling Equipment which were manufactured by Charlatte Manutention, a worldwide number one equipment manufacturer based in France are fully electric, making them very eco-friendly as the world continue to battle global warming. According to Manager, Corporate Communications, …
Read More »NAHCO partners Skyward Aviation, signs additional contract with Qatar
RECENT partnership between NAHCO Plc and Skyward Aviation is set to significantly improve trade relations between Nigeria and China, as the airline commences direct cargo flights from Urumqi, China to Lagos. And to cement the partnership, the handling agreement has been signed between the two parties, signaling the beginning of a rewarding relationship. NAHCO Plc’s Executive Director, Commercial & Business …
Read More »FOB, international partners to erect N250m ‘Brand Nigeria’ packaging factory at MMIA
FREE On Board (FOB) Goods and logistics in partnership with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and other international partners have concluded plans to build N250million packaging factory at the Murtala Mohammad Airport Lagos to properly package and brand any goods leaving the nation’s shores. The Chief executive, FOB, Mr. Oluwajimi Adebakin who disclosed this to reporters in an interview …
Read More »FOB Global, NEPC advocate non oil export promotion, ramp up capacity with foreign partners
CARGO logistics giants, Free on Board (FOB) Global Logistics in collaboration with Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC) is ramping up capacity and support for the multi million dollars agricultural export industry as part of moves to boost non-oil exports and stem reliance oil. The duo in partnership with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) hosted technical partners from the United …
Read More »AGHAN webinar: Stakeholders advocate survival strategies, right pricing for aviation ground handling
GROUND Handlers under the banner of Association of Aviation Ground Handlers (AGHAN) have been urged to fashion out a survival strategy, get the buy in and support of the regulators and above all seek and push for government interventions as part of their post-COVID-19 plans. This is just as they also called on the ground handlers urged to consider price …
Read More »Demuren identifies ground handling as reason indigenous airlines hardly survive internationally
As Olateru charges handlers to collaborate, stop price war A former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren is advocating that foreign airlines should pay the Dollar equivalent as ground handling charges citing ground handling charges as major challenge indigenous carriers have when they ventured out. This is just as he has said that the …
Read More »SAHCO records 24.5% increase, pays N223, 340,700 dividends at AGM
SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company plc (SAHCO) in her 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the SAHCO Complex at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos declared a dividend of N223,340,700 at 16.5k (Sixteen and a half kobo) per share which is payable less with the appropriate withholding tax at the time of payment. This is just as SAHCO announced a …
Read More »Understand conditions attached to government’s palliatives; NAHCO GMD advises airlines, others
GROUP Managing Director of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi has explained that palliatives are vital to airlines’ survival post COVID-19 but asked all intending to receive such palliatives to be aware of the conditions attached. Fagbemi who spoke yesterday at the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) webinar titled: Nigeria’s Aviation Industry: Changing Times, Changing Strategies …
Read More »NAHCO assures clients on improved services, best environment
NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company (NAH CO) Plc has vowed to consistently improve the experience of its clients by rendering quality and standard services to them always. The company, which controls over 80 per cent of foreign airlines cargo handling is also the only ground handling company certified by Quarantine, a department under the Ministry of Agriculture to export agricultural produce …
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