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Old 24th May 2004, 12:44
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TomBola
 
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Worth looking at the Rotorheads Forum where they have been mentioned a number of times on a thread about what's happening in West Africa.

So far, since they first advertised in Flight nearly 2 years ago, all they've managed to do is nearly finish building a very large, expensive hangar in Murtala Muhammed airport and get a floating barge ready for Victoria Island. They've bought just one helicopter so far - an Agusta 109E. They've appointed a South African guy as MD and an Irish guy, with no experience of operating in Nigeria as Ops Director. How they expect to make enough money with a shuttle operation between MM and VI to cover what they've spent so far is something of a mystery. If they want to join in the many new fixed wing start-ups in Nigeria they'll find it a real struggle to make money.

Progress very slow, direction uncertain. Profits from where? If you know Nigeria, be very, very careful. See what happened to Okada helicopters, look at Southern Air, Concorde Helicopters and Stillwater with the S76 operation. Hope it works out, but must be a doubtful number.
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