SAHCO inks deal to handle Bayelsa International Airport operations

Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bayelsa State Government to be the official ground handling provider in the Bayelsa International Airport.

In a statement sent by Vanessa Uansohia, manager, corporate communications, SAHCO, she stated that the company was chosen to be the only aviation Ground Handling Company to cater for passenger handling services, ramp handling, cargo and warehousing amongst other aviation Ground Handling activities in the new airport because of its safe, speedy and efficient services.

“SAHCO has therefore made history as the first aviation Ground Handler to handle airlines in the new International airport which is built to cater for both international and domestic airline operators.

“Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC, a fully indigenous ground handling company, divested some of its shares to the Nigerian Public in an Initial Public Offer (IPO) concluded on the 9th of January 2019.

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“With manpower trainings, excellent customer services and investments in state-of-the-art aviation ground handling equipment the company is daily exceeding customer expectations, also with the recent expansion of its operations to Ibadan Airport,” Uansohia said.

SAHCO, incorporated as an Aviation Ground Handling Service provider under the Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990, is the reference point to the birth of a successful flight within the Nigerian Aviation Sector, providing services in Passenger Handling, Ramp Handling, Cargo Handling and Warehousing, Aviation Security, Baggage Reconciliation, Crew Bus and Executive Lounge Services and other related Ground Handling Services in all Nigerian commercial airports.

IFEOMA OKEKE

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.