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SAHCOL wins contract to service Azman, Ethiopian Airlines

By on May 31, 2014

The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has  signed full handling contracts with Ethiopian Airlines and Azman Air, to offer ground handling services to them.

SAHCOL would now perform full handling services (Ramp, Passenger and Cargo/Warehousing) to Ethiopian Airlines’ four times a week passenger flights, and three times weekly cargo flights, to/from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.

Meanwhile, SAHCOL has also been picked by Azman Air, the latest airline on the Nigerian domestic scene, to manage its ground handling operations. The contract includes all Azman Air passenger, baggage and ramp handling services.

SAHCOL, a 100 per cent  subsidiary of the Sifax Group continues to expand and gain credibility of airlines operating within/into Nigeria since the company became privatised in December, 2009.

SAHCOL has successfully established a strong market presence in the domestic and international airline industry, with unmatched expertise in Passenger, Ramp and Cargo/Warehousing services.

With its now private sector management orientation, 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 company said it 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  Custom Bonded Cargo Warehouse, among others, all geared towards its goal of exceeding customers’ expectations.

SAHCOL’s  list of growing clientele includes:  Arik Air, The United Airlines, Air France, Egypt Air, Middle East Airlines (MEA), Allied Air, Aero Contractors Airline, Dana Air, Sudan Air, African Open Sky Airlines, Med-view Airlines, Camair-Co, South African Airways, Etihad Airways, Atlas Jet Airlines, Max Air, Kabo Air, African Word Airways (AWA), Gambia Bird Airlines, and other ad-hoc operators.

 

 

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