As of about 15 September I heard from a reliable source that the rather ebullient Chief Pilot of Calverton blew up and sank: he lost his rag in a big way, shouting at his local chairman and then being escorted off the scene more or less at gunpoint. Yet another case of 'many are called but few are chosen', perhaps?
It was difficult to understand their business model from what this fellow had told us: 7 Nigerian VIPs at a time in an Agusta 109 being shuttled between Murtala Muhammed Airport and Victoria Island. Given that your average Nigerian VIP travels with a rather massive amount of luggage, plus often being the size himself of 1.5 normal people, it was hard to understand just how they were all going to fit into such a small helicopter. Too, since downtown isn't so very far away by ground transport, aside from the first 7 (?) pax, were the rest supposed to just wait around for the next trip? And what were they going to do when the weather closed in during the harmattan season (700 metres in thick dust haze)?
All in all, the entertainment value in what this guy was telling us was rather high but the amount of reality in all of it was and is a bit questionable. I took this for one more speculative venture using OPM (Other People's Money). Time will tell.