As Nigeria’s foremost carrier, Aero Contractors continues its successful run; the airline has expanded its routes in order to meet the demand of its customers.

From January 20, 2020, Aero Contractors, which has the highest record of air safety in Nigeria, operating for over 60 years, would extend its services to Abuja-Kano, Lagos-Asaba, Abuja-Asaba and Warri-Port Harcourt.

According to Rogers Cookey, the Head of Commercial of the airline, the routes will be operated as follows: Abuja-Kano, 11:10 am; Kano-Abuja, 12:20 pm; Lagos-Asaba, 8:30 am; Asaba-Lagos, 15:10 pm.

Others include Asaba-Abuja, 9:50 am; Abuja-Asaba, 13:50 pm; Warri-Port Harcourt  (NAF Base) and Port Harcourt-Warri, 12:45 pm.

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Aero Contractors has been expanding its operations since last year and has recaptured significant segment of the domestic market.

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Cookey remarked that with the new routes expansion, the airline continues to play a dominant role in scheduled flight operations.

The airline, which has fixed wing, rotary wing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, has been recording success in all the divisions of its operations.

Cookey said that the airline effectively maintains all its aircraft, conducting C and D-checks on its Boeing Classics and also engages in third-party maintenance.

It also conducts maintenance on its Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft and the same with its helicopters, which in addition to maintenance, assembles the equipment.

In 2019, Aero Contractors maintenance division conducted major checks for Nigerian and foreign carriers, from different parts of Africa.

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.

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