Aero Contractors
5 Apr
Nigeria’s oldest commercial airline, Aero Contractors, and the union of pilots and engineers are in another round of faceoffs over outstanding benefits of redundant staff in the care of the airline.
16 Dec
All is set for the much-anticipated world class festival Carnival Calabar 2023 as the Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu welcomes guests not just from every nook and cranny of Nigeria but from around the globe to a ‘Season of Sweetness’.
1 Dec
Cross River State and Aero Contractors have deepened partnership, leading to the reopening of the Lagos-Calabar route and prospects of additional aircraft to the fleet.
13 Nov
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has launched investigation into a serious aircraft accident involving a Boeing 733, with the registration number 5N-BYQ, belonging to Aero Contractors Airlines, which nose-stucked after landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 10:47a.m., yesterday.
13 Oct 2023
Former Secretary General of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Olayinka Abioye, is not backing down on his accusations of mismanagement in Aero Contractors airlines, in-receivership. The trade unionist, in reaction to a rebuttal by workers of the airlines and a section of NUATE, said there are evidences to support his assertions and…
6 Oct 2023
The leadership of the National Union of Transport Employees (NUATE), Aero Contractors branch, has debunked claims by its former General Secretary, alleging that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) mismanaged the airline.
28 Sep 2023
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has petitioned the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, over what it called mismanagement of assets belonging to Aero Contractors by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) . The immediate past General Secretary of the union, Olayinka Abioye, in an open letter to the Minister dated September…
30 May 2023
Cross River state-owned airline, Cally Air, might have run aground after two years of operations and operational debt in excess of N900 million to its technical partner, Aero Contractors.
27 May 2023
Umza Aviation Services, in partnership with Aero Contractors, one of the airlines approved by the Federal Government to transport Nigerians prospective pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has began operation on Friday in Abuja.
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