SAHCO is best ground handling, passenger support firm of 2021
SAHCO HAS BEEN NAMED AVIATION Ground Handling Company of the year for 2021. The award, made by Air Transport Quarterly Magazine, recognises SAHCO’s consistent quality service deliveries to her numerous clients.
Supo Atobatele, editor-in-chief of ATQ Magazine, presenting the award, praised SAHCO for its constituency in ensuring topnotch services to clients by investing in modern GSE and always rendering services that are of international standards.
Basil Agboarumi, managing director and chief executive officer, SAHCO, in accepting the award, restated SAHCO’s commitment to always deliver quality services even in the face of challenges. He thanked the management of ATQ for the recognition.
A further recognition was bestowed on the company when it was named Best Passenger’s Support Service company of the year 2021 at the 11th Nigeria Aviation (NIGAV) Awards 2021.
The awards relate to the company’s excellent performance in delivering safe and efficient air transportation services.
Fortune Idu, chairman of NIGAV, at the award presentaing tion, appreciating SAHCO’s dog- gedness despite the current global challenges plaguing the aviation industry, said, “This is to recognize various efforts, strategies, policies and actions by SAHCO in managthe side effects of Covid-19 disruption and recovery initiatives for getting aviation industry back on track.”
Of note is that as part of the company’s constant innovation and investment in Ground Support Equipment (GSE), SAHCO recently made history as the first Ground Handling Company in Nigeria to bring in Cool dollies.
The three Cool Dollies, which can be described as Mobile Cold rooms and manufactured by Bombelli, a renowned GSE manufacturer from Italy, has the capacity of taking a pallet or two AKE container load of temperature sensitive shipment from the aircraft to the cold rooms or freezers in the warehouse.
Furthermore, SAHCO is RA3 certified, a requirement for Ground Handling Companies, to be able to ship to Europe; and the company is also IATA’s Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) certified.
SAHCO is a publicly listed aviation ground handling service provider that is present in all the commercially operated airports in Nigeria, and is involved in activities that includes, passenger handling, ramp handling, cargo handling and warehousing, aviation security, VIP lounge services, amongst other aviation related services.