NAN-H-22
SAHCOL
By Adekunle Williams and Solomon Asowata
Lagos, May 17, 2017 (NAN) The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), a ground handling company of the SIFAX Group of Companies, has won three additional airlines to its clientele base.
SAHCOL’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr Basil Agboarumi, said on Wednesday in Lagos that the new clients are: Fly Mid Africa, Bristow Helicopters and Hak Air.
Agboarumi in a statement said Fly Mid Africa was The Gambia’s new national carrier which had commenced flight services from Banjul, The Gambia capital, with onward connections to Dakar, Freetown, Accra and Lagos.
“ This contract will see SAHCOL providing total ground handling services (passenger, ramp and cargo handling) to Fly Mid Africa four times in a week flight operations in and out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,(MMIA) Lagos.
“For Bristow Helicopters, the contract is for the handling of its passengers and ramp operations in Abuja.
“Bristow Helicopters is a provider of industrial aviation services offering helicopter transportation.
“Furthermore, SAHCOL shall provide passenger and ramp handling services for Hak Air in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Uyo.”
Agboarumi said that Hak Air is a reputable domestic and regional operator, formed to take advantage of a specific gap in the short-haul domestic travel market in Nigeria.
He said in the statement that the airline would eventually position itself to fill the void of a major carrier within the West African market.
He said by these contracts, SAHCOL had been offered the exclusive privilege of providing fast and expedient ground handling services to Fly Mid Africa, Bristow Helicopters and Hak Air’s operations in Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that SAHCOL was taken over by the SIFAX Group in December, 2009 after the ground handling company became an IATA Safety Audit of Ground Operations (ISAGO) certified operator. (NAN)
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Edited by Jane-Frances Oraka/Peter Dada