{"id":33787,"date":"2019-08-07T12:27:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T11:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=33787"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T11:27:56","slug":"sahco-lifts-operations-with-new-baggage-tow-tractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/sahco-lifts-operations-with-new-baggage-tow-tractors\/","title":{"rendered":"SAHCO Lifts Operations With New Baggage Tow Tractors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has acquired a fleet of brand new Baggage tow tractors.<\/p>\n

A statement issued by manager, corporate communications, Adetola Vanessa Uansohia on Tuesday\u00a0 explained that the\u00a0 tow tractors, which has the capacity to convey up to 40 tonnesof baggage or cargo, \u201cis the best of its kind in aviation ground handling equipment in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n

Manufactured in Germany, the Baggage tow trucks\u00a0 combines comfort, safety and flexibility with the latest technology.<\/p>\n

It can convey up to 45 tonnes of baggage and cargo on a level ground and up to 40 tonnes on wet or hilly surfaces.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Baggage tow truck is equipped with a tier 4 compliant engine which is to significantly reduce emissions of particulate matter and Nitrogen to near zero level.<\/p>\n

This is to abide by the European Environmental agency policy, while it was being produced thereby making it environmental friendly with little or no emission.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Baggage tow tractor is very user friendly, prevents hernia and is very durable and rugged.<\/p>

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Apart from SAHCO\u2019s massive constant investment in trailblazing Ground Handling Equipment, it is also\u00a0 worthy of note that SAHCO\u2019s team of engineers have manufactured various equipment with locally sourced materials some of which include fuel bowsers, toilet bowsers and baggage carts to further boost client satisfaction and to ensure speedy service delivery.<\/p>\n

Part of the statement read: \u201cThe company\u2019s immense investment in technology which has resulted in excellent performance has received a lot of accolades from various bodies across the world. Recently, SAHCO was adjudged \u2018The best Ground Handling Company in West Africa\u2019 during the 5thAccraweizo 2019, and was awarded \u2018The most Innovative Ground Handling Company in Nigeria\u2019 by The League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC).<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso SAHCO won a Service Provider Recognition award in the Indian Sub-Continent and Africa from Etihad Airways. TheLagos Station was awarded the best in on-time performance and excellent service delivery thereby beating the Asia region who has always been leading\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the success of the company after the privatization, The Director, Development Institutions & Natural Resources, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Chigbo Anichebe, who expressed the agency\u2019s excitement over the outstanding performance of SAHCO during a routine post-privatisation assessment tour in Lagos, recently, particularly observed that SAHCO was doing a lot better than expected nine years after it was privatized.<\/p>\n

SAHCO, formerly known as Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited, was carved out of the liquidated Nigeria Airways Limited as part of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Aviation\u2019s Reform of 1996. On the 23rd of December 2009, SAHCO was handed over to the Sifax Group by the Federal Government of Nigeria, after a keenly contested privatization in which Sifax Group came first as the preferred bidder with the sum of N5.52 billion Naira. The company was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on the 23rd of April 2019.<\/p>\n

SAHCO is involved in all the activities that takes place from the time an aircraft touches down on the tarmac to the time it is airborne, while also ensuring that Aviation Ground Handling services is carried out in an efficient, speedy and safe manner by deploying the right tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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