NAHCO Signs three years Handling Contract with US Airlines

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has signed the handling contract with the United States- based airline, United Airlines for the next three years.

NAHCO in a statement by Mr. Samuel Akinrinmade, its spokesman, said that the ground handling was preferred above its other competitors due to its track records of service excellence.

United Airlines had voluntarily exited the Lagos airspace in 2016, but it is staging a return to the Nigerian route in November about five years later.

NAHCO said that it would be providing passenger and ground handling services for one of the biggest carriers in the world when it returned.

Prince Saheed Lasisi, NAHCO’s Group Executive Director, Business Development and Commercial expressed excitement on the feat and described the development as a boost for the industry.

He said: “NAHCO is excited to be the chosen one, we welcome United Airlines back to our airspace, and we are ever ready to provide the airline quality handling at all times, as being currently provided to our numerous client airlines.”

In the same vein, NAHCO recently signed a five-year contract with Qatar Airways in Abuja, as well as renewed the Lagos contract for the same period of years.

Lasisi said: “With the new contracts, which run for five years and coupled with the additional frequencies of Qatar flights to Nigeria and Ghana, we are glad to go even further to provide the top-notch services for which we are known and have offered the airline for the past nine years.”

According to him, the newly renewed contracts cover all service areas, as it will see NAHCO provide passenger, cargo, and ground handling services to Qatar Airways.

It also includes the provision of crew transportation and other ancillary services to the respected airliner.

Also, NAHCO has renewed its contracts with Egypt Air and Royal Air Maroc for another three years. The new signings and renewals signal NAHCO’s commitment to service excellence and reaffirm its leadership position in the nation’s ground handling business.

NAHCO Plc is a Nigerian diversified enterprise with interests in aviation cargo, aircraft handling, passenger facilitation, crew transportation and aviation training.