Last year, for reasons known to only a few high level players, and understood by fewer I reckon, Bristow Nigeria was split into 3 companies (not that you'd ever know it by all accounts), Pan African Airlines Nigeria, Bristow Helicopters Nigeria and Bristow Aircraft Technical Services (or some such .....
). Supposedly all the maintenance for both companies is now done by BATS (though using all the same players as before, rebadged), Bristow is now an Afro-American company and PAAN is a totally Nigerian company because Bristow USA sold all its shares to the Nigerian directors. It's obvious this is true because as far as I can see, the Managing Director is an ex-Bristow Scot, The Director of Operations is a South African and his deputy is an ex Air Log American with the head of Maintenance a Brit and his deputy an American - obviously a totally Nigerian company
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