By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos | Published Date Oct 9, 2019.
The Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has acquired a fleet of brand new ground handling equipment just as it expanded its cargo warehouse to boost its operations. The expansion of the warehouse, it said, was to accommodate its growing activities. SAHCO’s new fleet of equipment includes baggage carts, conveyor belts, passenger steps and static pallets which are of high quality and with exceptional features. A statement by the manager, Corporate Communications, Adetola Vanessa Uansohia, said the passenger steps, which are manufactured in Italy by Bombelli, are equipped with peculiar safety features which prevent unwarranted interference. Some of the equipment include censors that automatically slow it down to snail speed to avoid any form of collision with aircraft. “Just like the passenger steps, the conveyor belts are the latest model in the aviation market. They are equipped with Aircraft Proximity Censor which gives a signal when approaching the aircraft to avoid collision and they can go as high as 6ft unlike the old model which could only do about 3 feet,” the statement said.
