Cargo/Handling

TURKISH Airlines has announced that its passenger and cargo traffic results for December 2018, reached 80.2% load factor in that month. According to the released December 2018 Traffic Results, Total number of passengers carried went up by 1%, reaching 5.5 million passengers, and the load factor went up to 80.2%. Also in December 2018, total load factor improved by 0.5 …

NEWLY elected officials of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Chapter have said claims that a sole administrator would be appointed to run the affairs of association from Monday January 14, 2019, were false and misleading. This reaction is coming against the backdrop of an impending crisis in the association where some disgruntled elements are …

FOLLOWING its well laid out plans for safe ground handling operations, the International Air Transport Association ( IATA) has recertified the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) for another three years. The new IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) Registration recertification which expires June 12, 2021, comes the same time the Company announced it has received the RA …

GROUND HANDLING companies in Nigeria need government to grant them waivers on importation of equipment to reduce their operation cost, according to Chief Executive Officer of SAHCO, Mr. Basil Agboarumi. This is just as he charged ground handling organisations to ensure maximum cooperation in order to charge the right prices on services rendered airlines. These calls were made over the …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company Public Liability Company (SAHCO) has renewed its ground handling contract with Arik Air. Managing Director/CEO, SAHCO, Mr. Basil Agboarumi, during the renewal of ground handling service agreement with Arik Air at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos promised to deliver quality and improved ground handling services to all its clientele across the nation’s airports especially as …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) team has built a Ground Support Equipment from scratch at the SAHCOL Engineering and Maintenance workshop to fuel Aviation Ground Support equipment in Lagos. The fuel bowser is the first in the history of aviation of ground handling in Nigeria to be created from scratch from locally sourced materials. The idea to create the …

HOPES are high that if government includes the abandoned Akure Airport Cargo Terminal in next year’s budget to get contractors back to site, recorded interests in the transportation of perishable goods from the airport will become an actuality, according to the Airport Manager, Mrs Cecilia Oguama. This is just as she said passenger traffic at the airport has increased tremendously …

NAHCOAVIANCE has announced its 2018 half-year, posting a turnover of N4.64Billion against the N3.71Billion posted for the same period last year showing an improved financial performance. This is just as the ground-handling service provider, continues its dominance of the sector as it announces a string of new business signings with new local and international airlines. The ground handlers 2018 half-year results …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL)has been picked as the preferred Ground Handling partner to new entrants MaxAir at Kano and Abuja airports as it resumes its domestic operation in Nigeria. The contract is to provide passenger, ramp and cargo handling services to Max Air at these stations. This is just as Chairman of the SAHCOL, Dr Taiwo Olayinka Afolabi …

THE 5th Airport Business Summit and Expo for Africa has been tailored to close the gaps between air transport sector and the agro perishable goods production industries The summit which will be held between July 30 – August 1, 2018, at Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Centre, Central Area Abuja with the theme “Repositioning the Airport Business to Sustain Air Transport …