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Statistics obtained by NigerianFLIGHTDECK during the week have revealed some aspects of the operational status of airlines that operate both  domestically and internationally, a data which indicates that there is a lot of room for improvement. The document obtained from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) shows that in 2022, 26 airlines carried out a total of 13, 003  …

  SITUATION at Aero Contractors got further compounded as officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) yesterday sealed some offices in the airlines following tax remittances of about N350million owed the tax agency. Our reporter found out the offices of the managing director, finance, legal departments as well as human resources were sealed along with some other strategic …

AERO CONTRACTORS has denied reports of plan to close operations stating that the airline is taking measures to continue operation despite the daunting challenges the airline is currently facing. In a statement issued today the airline wrote,” The discussion focused on the challenges facing all airlines in industry, which is common and has been addressed on numerous occasions by the …

 Says Aero is logical choice for MRO to avoid forex issues AERO CONTRACTORS has said that its Aircraft Maintenance Organization (AMO) is studying trends with regards aircraft acquisition in the country and has trained 45 engineers on the Q-400 aircraft as well as others on the Embraer E145 to boost capacity to meet future aircraft maintenance demands in the country …

As MRO facility enact MoU with DRC, Ghana three others in tow AERO CONTRACTORS has announced that from Wednesday June 2, 2021 it will commence flights from Abuja to Bauchi four times every week with competitive fares on its website starting from N24,000 introductory and has revealed plans to commence flights to Maiduguri and Calabar soon This is just as …

DIRECTOR -General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, has maintained that the pilot of Aero Contractor Flight NIG382 which suffered a bird strike on take-off followed the books and acted professionally in returning to base after the incident at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Omagwa. A bird strike also described as bird ingestion or bird …

Government cannot be thinking of concession of a part of commercial aviation and still want to keep another; again, you cannot be a regulator of the industry and still be sole operator; either it excised itself from the ventures or be minority shareholder of not more than 20%; foreign technical and financial investors 30%; credible Nigerian investors 30% and the balance of the 20% for the Nigerian public.

EFFECTIVE December 31, 2020 Captain Ado Sanusi, the Managing Director of Aero Contractors has stepped down from the airline he has helped nurture back to health after the airlines fortunes dwindled for years when he was appointed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. Captain Sanusi who confirmed this in a telephone interview with Nigerianflightdeck was the managing director of …

AERO CONTRACTORS has said that it scheduled to start flight operation on July 9, 2020. The airline said that it chose to resume flight service a day after the official restart date in order to stagger flight schedule to ensure that airport facilities were not stretched beyond COVID-19 protocol guidelines. The management of Aero explained that contrary to some media …

TROUBLE is looming within the ranks of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) following a refusal to conduct elections months after the expiration of the tenure of the current leadership of the association which seems to have caused a major crack in the ranks. A reliable source who gave Nigerianflightdeck the information said elections were due since January, 2020 but …