Aero Airline noted that its maintenance
check on a plane in its fleet was the first
ever C-check to be carried out on a wide
bodied aircraft since the extermination of
the Nigeria Airways in 2004.
Airline operators have reported that C-
checks mostly done outside the country
have been a major problem because of the
high cost of $1 million per aircraft.
They said that engineers started working
on the aircraft less than a month ago and
have completed the check successfully.
Captain Ado Sanusi, the managing director
of Aero Contractors Limited, said that the
engineers of the airline repaired the aircraft
while a verification flight was carried out by
it’s pilots, also stating that the management
was very pleased with the results.
He stated that the successful completion of
the verification process of the aircraft was a
huge milestone not just for the airline but
also for the entire aviation industry in the
country.
Sanusi said that this achievement would
end the prospect of Nigerian airlines flying
their aircrafts abroad for maintenance. And
that this outcome would be very beneficial
to the entire country.
According to Sanusi, the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority in the last quarter of
2017 had approved the airline’s hangar to
carry out C-checks on Boeing 737 aircraft,
the commonly used commercial plane used
for flight operations in the country.
He added that after the check, the aircraft
was then put up for verification flight
which made everyone happy about the
result. This would be the first time this is
happening in the country. The results we
got in the country are more satisfying than
what we got when we take our airplanes
abroad for checks, he said. Our engineers
are feeling fulfilled and we are equally
satisfied, his words.

Source: journalng.com

https://journalng.com/2018/01/05/aero-airline-completes-nigerias-first-c-check-aircraft-14-years/

good news. being a while something good from Nigeria