After about three and half years of providing ground handling services to British Airways (BA), the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc has renewed its contract with the UK airline at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja in Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja for the next five years.
SAHCO started providing Ground Handling Services to British Airways in May 2020 when the latter moved its ground handling contract to SAHCO after operating into Nigeria for over 40 years after seeing the need to do so.
SAHCO in a statement endorsed by its Head, Corporate Communications, Mrs. Vanessa Uansohia, said the decision to renew the contract for the next five years was taken by BA after it did their due diligence through rigorous audits from their international team for all the ground handling companies in Nigeria and still found SAHCO to be the best.
According to her, in line with the contract, SAHCO would be providing Passenger Handling Services, Baggage Handling services, Ramp Handling services, Cargo Handling services and Warehousing to British Airways at both the international airports at Lagos and Abuja.
BA is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Waterside, Harmondsworth, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport.
Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, SAHCO, Basil Agboarumi, speaking about the contract renewal promised to continuously deliver quality and improved ground handling services through SAHCO’s well trained staff in all of SAHCO’S stations.
With the constant investment in modern aviation ground support equipment fitted with the latest technology, SAHCO has ensured that all its clients’ expectations are not only met but also exceeded.
SAHCO boasts of a professional team that is versed in the best of Departure Control systems in the aviation industry for Passenger Check-in and Boarding, also for Load control systems. In the event of tracking lost or delayed baggage, SAHCO has a team that is skilled in World Tracer and Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS).