The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited, (SAHCOL) Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano Station has passed the International Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO), conducted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The company said the certification signifies that its operations at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano has now been modeled to the ISAGO standards, as a result of its commitment to operate to globally accepted industry best practices.
A statement signed by the general manager corporate communications of SAHCOL, Basil Agboarumi explained that the registration which is in accordance with the provisions of the ISAGO Program Manual covers the operational disciplines of Load Control (LOD), Passenger and Baggage Handling (PAB), Aircraft Handling and loading (HDL), Aircraft Ground Movement (AGM), and Cargo and Mail Handling (CGM).

Agboarumi disclosed that the Skyway Aviation Handling Company limited’s Lagos Station was first certified in 2011.

“The certification of the Kano Station now brings to three (Lagos, Abuja and Kano) the number of SAHCOL stations admitted on the IATA website as an “ISAGO Registered Provider, having undergone an ISAGO Audit and cleared all findings.
ISAGO audit is essential to promote safer ground operations, understanding of high risk areas within ground operations.The audit also eliminates redundant audits from airlines, hence promoting a uniform audit process and harmonised standards that improve quality standards in aviation ground handling”, Agboarumi said in the statement.

The Skyway Aviation handling Company Limited became a SIFAX Group of Company in December 2009, after its successful privatisation by the federal government of Nigeria.

Within this period, SAHCOL has invested in personnel development, purchase of modern ground handling equipment, infrastructural development and good customer services, which has helped reposition the company to meet the expectations and needs of its growing list of clientele.