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Terminally ill retired AVM dies onboard BA

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Aircraft makes emergency landing in Barcelona Crew battled to save his life A Retired Nigerian Air Vice Marshal has died on board a British Airways flight to Abuja as the crew of the airline battled to save the Anambra State-born military officer’s life. The plane carrying the man made an emergency landing at the El Prat Airport, Barcelona, as they struggled to resuscitate the ailing military officer. Our correspondent learnt that the flight, which departed…

SAHCO clinches BA Excellence award

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has once again demonstrated its leadership in aviation ground handling by winning the prestigious British Airways Safety and Punctuality Bronze Awards for both Lagos and Abuja stations for Q1 2025. The awards recognize SAHCO’s exceptional performance in meeting British Airways’ punctuality targets and upholding the highest safety standards in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific region. British Airways presented the awards in recognition of SAHCO’s consistent professionalism…

Flight delay/departure: NCAA to inspect all foreign aircraft on Nigerian route, moves to sanction BA

Posted on August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The late arrival and departure of British Airways flights from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja in the past three to four days has become a huge concern to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Consequently, the aviation regulatory body has contacted the carrier and initiated these frequent delays to establish the root cause of these delays and take appropriate action to ensure passenger rights are protected and also prevent a re-occurrence. In a letter dated…

Technical fault grounds BA’s aircraft in Lagos, passengers put on other flights

Posted on June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Carrier apologises to customers Mega carrier, British Airways has attributed the inability to fly out of Nigeria to a technical fault to its airplane at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The carrier however said that it had been in contact with its customers and apologised for the delay to their flight, adding that the majority of customers have been re-accomodated on other flights. The carrier noted that its team was working hard to book…

BA: Consolidating presence in Nigeria with improved lounge

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

When it comes to premium travel, British Airways prides itself as one of the leaders. Its newly refurbished First and business class lounge opens a new vista to giving high network passengers a new customer experience, writes, WOLE SHADARE Continuous improvement One of the world’s biggest carriers, British Airways may have cemented its position as a leader in the Nigerian aviation market just as the carrier is investing millions of pounds to improve its premium customers’…

BA extends ground handling deal with Sahco for another five years

Posted on January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc has renewed their ground handling contract to continue to provide aviation ground handling services for British Airways (BA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja in Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja for the next five years. The firm started providing ground-handling Services to British Airways in 2020. The carrier moved its ground-handling contract to SAHCo after operating to Nigeria for over 40 years. It saw…