Starting from January 20, 2020, Aero
Contractors, which has the highest record of air safety in Nigeria, operating
for over 60 years, would extend its services to Abuja-Kano, Lagos-Asaba,
Abuja-Asaba and Warri-Port Harcourt.
According to the Head of Commercial
of the airline, Mr Rogers Cookey, the routes will be operated as follows:
Abuja-Kano, 11:10 am; Kano-Abuja, 12:20 pm; Lagos-Asaba, 8:30 am; Asaba-Lagos,
15:10 pm.
Others include Asaba-Abuja, 9:50 am;
Abuja-Asaba, 13:50 pm; Warri-Port Harcourt (NAF Base) and Port Harcourt-Warri,
12:45 pm.
Aero Contractors which continues its
successful run; has expanded its routes in order to meet the demand of its
customers and has been expanding its operations since last year gradually
recapturing significant segment of the domestic market.
Mr Cookey remarked that with the new
routes expansion, the airline continues to play a dominant role in scheduled
flight operations.
The airline, which has fixed wing,
rotary wing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, has been
recording success in all the divisions of its operations.
Cookey said that the airline
effectively maintains all its aircraft, conducting C and D-checks on its Boeing
Classics and also engages in third-party maintenance.
It also conducts maintenance on its
Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft and the same with its helicopters, which in addition
to maintenance, assembles the equipment.
In 2019, Aero Contractors
maintenance division conducted major checks for Nigerian and foreign carriers,
from different parts of Africa.
