Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has been granted its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) following a two-year long certification process.
"It is a day of celebration, having successfully accomplished the tedious and gruelling process of certification that the company embarked upon since 2011," Azman Air President and CEO, Alhaji Adbulmunaf Yunusa, told WorldStageNews. "The process we have gone through is a comprehensive well designed and crafted programme that is geared towards the provision of safe reliable and efficient airline services in Nigeria. No wonder there are not many investors who are interested in aviation, as a sector that is risky, competitive and hugely capital intensive."
Using a fleet of two ex-bmibaby (Nottingham East Midlands) B737-300s, the start-up has set a provisional launch date of May 15 with initial services to cover flights between Kano, Abuja and Lagos.
