Anyone know who Transky is ????

[avia777]

Looking for more information on Transky Airline. WHen will it begin operation?

[Flying Touareg]

i think they have a 732 parked at the domestic wing of DNMM

[B Sousa]

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=450896

Could this be them??
The aircraft is former N104SW (Southwest Airlines) old timer... The picture was taken at Mojave, California as the aircraft was more than likely stored there by the former owner until sale. Slop on some paint and its a newbie for the Dark Continent.............

[avia777]

Yes, that is Transky. Wondering when operations are taking place. THey only have 1 aircraft on AOC shouldn't they have (2) to operate in Nigeria?

[Rani]

According to press reports Transky, EAS, Fresh, and Trans Saharan have opted to merge their operations. Call me a cynic, but is a merger like this one likely to result in a major airline? I think not! := Just read below.

May 16th, 2006
EAS, three other airlines set to merge
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The nation’s first merger in the aviation industry is in the offing, as four local airlines have indicated their intent to fuse for better service.
WALE HAASTRUP
The airlines which are at the final stage of talks are Trans-Saharan, Fresh Air, EAS airlines, and new entrant Transky.
This was disclosed yesterday at a ceremony marking the World Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Day held at Sheraton Hotels Abuja by the chairman, chief executive of Trans Saharan Air Limited, Salihu Yunusa.
According to him, the merger became necessary in view of the crashes that occurred in the country late last year.
Yunusa who said that the Federal Government knocked on their doors after the crashes, remarked, "We saw that individually we will just be competing with each other, but if we come together, we will reduce the cost of operation, because you weed out whatever you don’t need and your revenue will increase".
He said that with that in mind, they decided to approach one another, stressing: "We already have three aircraft and presently we are flying as Fresh Air.
Yunusa hinted that before the end of the year, they would be challenging big carriers like Chanchangi and Bellview airlines.
On the new insurance baseline of $100 million, the Trans-Saharan boss said apart from that, they intended to provide efficient and seamless air travels to the travelling public.
He said, "We want to deliver quick and prompt service. If we come together, it will help us to pool our insurance policy together, it will become cheaper," he added.
He said they would be using two B737 and one DC-9, and two turbo props aircraft for short distance travel.
The lack of maintenance of the aircraft was adduced to most of them not having enough money to go for regular maintenance schedule or buy newer equipment.
The Minister of Aviation, Babalola Borisade, had urged the airlines to go into merger as the only way out of the difficulties encountered by them.
Some airlines however said merger should not be forced down on them, but by those willing to do it.
Borisade at the AIS forum said aeronautical information chart services played an undoubtedly major role in the overall safety of flight operations.
He said an erroneous or corrupt aeronautical information was a potential source of danger and could adversely affect the safety of air navigation as a result of direct dependency upon such information by both airborne and ground-base systems.
The secretary general of Aviation Round Table (ART) and an aviation consultant, Dele Ore an aircraft pilot corroborated Borisade. He said it was imperative that each state should ensure that users (aviation industry air traffic services) receive timely and quality aeronautical information for the period of its intended use.
Ore laments that the heights of obstacles around airports are of critical importance to aircraft operations.
Telecommunication and television masts, according to the DC-10 pilot, have taken over aircraft descent areas and air routes, thus posing great danger to aircraft safety.
He berated the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for placing priority on masts’ fine, rather than on human lives