Passengers that board two Virgin Nigeria Boeing 767-300 aircraft and Arik Air’s Hawker HS-125 planes, which it uses for its executive charter flights, are doing so at great risk.The audit report was carried out by Air Consult International, on behalf of British Gas, Addax Petroleum, Centrica, Petroleum Geo-Services and Nexen Nigeria, all operating in the oil industry in Nigeria.

In the October 2008 confidential report, only Aero Contractors got a clean bill of health for all the aircraft on its fleet. The auditors’ verdict on the charter business is scary and emphatic: “The executive charter business has not kept pace with other aviation developments and at this stage the auditors cannot recommend any service in this category.”

They also held discussions with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) “to gain further insight into regulatory changes currently affecting the aviation industry in Nigeria.”

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Passengers that board two Virgin Nigeria Boeing 767-300 aircraft and Arik Air’s Hawker HS-125 planes, which it uses for its executive charter flights, are doing so at great risk.The audit report was carried out by Air Consult International, on behalf of British Gas, Addax Petroleum, Centrica, Petroleum Geo-Services and Nexen Nigeria, all operating in the oil industry in Nigeria. In the October 2008 confidential report, only Aero Contractors got a clean bill of health for all the aircraft on its fleet. The auditors’ verdict on the charter business is scary and emphatic: “The executive charter business has not kept pace with other aviation developments and at this stage the auditors cannot recommend any service in this category.” They also held discussions with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) “to gain further insight into regulatory changes currently affecting the aviation industry in Nigeria.”