December 01, (THEWILL) – Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s oldest aviation company, has relaunched its flight operations and scheduled services in the Nigerian market with six aircraft and ten destinations.
The airline suspended scheduled services on July 20, 2022, to enable restructuring and repositioning of the airline. Having fulfilled regulatory requirements, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authorities (NCAA) has given approval for Aero Contractors to resume operations.
Speaking during an interfaith thanksgiving and prayer session to herald the airline back to services on Thursday, the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Capt. Ado Sanusi, an erstwhile Managing Director of the airline, said that the airline will be operating with Boeing 737 and Dash 8 (Q- 300/400), servicing ten destinations.
These destinations, according to him include Warri, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Benin, Yola, Sokoto, Kano, Asaba and Calabar.
Speaking further, Capt Sanusi said Aero now has four business development units, namely: the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO), the Fixed Wing airline operations, the Rotary Wing helicopter services and the Aero Training School.
“We are pleased and delighted to resume full services after a few months. We thank all our stakeholders, who have been supportive, particularly the NCAA, our management and staff. I admit that we missed our customers dearly and we are back bigger and better to serve them better.
“We are determined to offer great travel experience to our customers during this season and beyond. We look forward to welcoming them on board.”
Also speaking at the event, Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Engr Harold Demuren, commended Aero for relaunching their flight operations.
Stating that Aero will not fail this time, Demuren, a former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), advised the management to ensure that they take good care of the workers, stressing that “Aero Contractors will not fail this time. The human assets of any company are the people they have. I commend all your hard work and they will not go in vain.
He charged the airline to sustain the safety records they have kept over the years.
“I knew Aero Contractors since 1976. We have never had any accident since then. Keep it up”.
Present at the session were: the Bishop, Diocese of Lagos West, Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Rt Rev. Dr James O. Odedeji; the Chief Imam of Adangba Central Mosque, Idimu, Sheik Abdulrahman Sulaiman Adangba; Dean of the Cathedral, Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Ven. Ebenezer Adewole, the media, management and staff of Aero Contractors.
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Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
