Publish Date : 30-May-2014
Nigeria’s handling company, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCO), a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Sifax Group, has signed full handling contracts with Ethiopian Airlines and AZMAN Air, to offer ground handling services to them.
As per the contract, SAHCOL will be responsible to carryout full handling services (Ramp, Passenger and Cargo/Warehousing) to Ethiopian Airlines’ for weekly four times in its passenger flights, and weekly thrice cargo flights, to/from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
AZMAN Air has also selected SAHCOL to manage its ground handling operations and this deal includes all AZMAN Air passenger, baggage and ramp handling services.
Since SAHCOL became privatised in December, 2009, it continues to expand and gain credibility of airlines operating within/into Nigeria. It has also established a significant market presence in the domestic and international airline industry.
General Manager, Corporate Communications, Basil Agboarumi, said, “SAHCOL has kicked off the implementation of business models geared towards ensuring efficient and speedy delivery of Aviation Ground Handling Services to all its customers as a result, making it the reference point where efficiency of a successful flight is born.”
“The new face of SAHCOL is witnessing massive deployment of modern State-of-the-art Ground Support Equipment (GSE), Training/Retraining of all categories of staff, infrastructural development, management repositioning, re-fleeting of vehicles, boosting of clients’ confidence/ patronage, and massive Infrastructural Development, which includes an almost completed first-of-its-kind (West African Sub Region) Custom Bonded Cargo Warehouse, among others, all geared towards its goal of exceeding customers’ expectations.”
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