The British Airways Punctuality Award was introduced as part of the airline’s efforts to recognize and celebrate its partners who consistently deliver excellent job performance.

SAHCO PLC stood out among its peers for its outstanding punctuality and dedication to ensuring smooth operations for British Airways.

According to Hellen O’Connor, British Airways Regional General Manager for the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, expressed her congratulations to SAHCO at Lagos for achieving their punctuality targets for the first quarter of 2024.

She highlighted the importance of safety and punctuality in the aviation industry and commended SAHCO for meeting the Adjusted Closure (aDC) target of 96% each month during the quarter.

In response to the award, Mrs. Adenike Aboderin, the managing director/CEO of SAHCO PLC, expressed her elation and gratitude to British Airways for recognizing SAHCO’s commitment to excellence. She emphasized that SAHCO is dedicated to providing top-notch Ground Handling Services to its numerous partners, utilizing state-of-the-art Ground Handling Equipment fitted with the latest environmentally friendly technology.

Furthermore, she reaffirmed SAHCO’s commitment to continue delivering the best Ground Handling services to all SAHCO’S clients and went on to extend her gratitude to British Airways Nigerian team led by Mrs. Toun Odejinmi and the SAHCO team for their professionalism, hard work and dedication.

The British Airways Punctuality Award is a testament to SAHCO PLC’s commitment to professionalism, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

This recognition reinforces SAHCO’s position as a leading Ground Handling service provider in the aviation industry.

Skyway Aviation Handling Company, SAHCO PLC, is a leading Ground Handling service provider in Nigeria.

With a team of highly skilled professionals and state-of-the-art equipment, SAHCO offers a comprehensive range of Ground Handling services, including passenger handling, ramp handling, cargo handling, aviation security amongst other Ground handling services to clients across all the commercially operated airports in Nigeria.

SAHCO Plc is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange that was incorporated as an Aviation Ground Handling services provider under the Nigerian Company & Allied Matters Act of 1990.

Mrs. Adenike Aboderin who is taking over from Basil Agboarumi due to the completion of his tenure is a seasoned finance professional with many years of Executive Leadership, Financial and Management experience in both Private and Public Sectors.

Her skills include policy/strategy formulation, financial advisory, oil & gas, infrastructural, marine and transport development, business/risk management and public policy.

She has held many Senior Executive Management positions in both the Public and Private sectors and until December 2023, she was the Director Finance and Accounts, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) where she managed the finance, accounts, credit control and budget directorate of the organization.

In the Public sector, she worked as the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Ogun State on Trade and Investments, and also oversaw the state’s Economic Planning Department between 2011 and 2014.

Mrs. Aboderin has huge interests in Manufacturing, Transportation, Investments and Social Development. In 2015, she had the responsibility of being the Chairman Sub – Committee on Social issues of the Presidential Transition Committee.

Prior to her public service engagements, she held different senior management position at Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank Limited), Citibank Nigeria, Premium Securities Limited and Commerce Bank, in a banking career that spanned over 20 years.

In Banking and Financial Advisory, she led various teams and groups in the following sectors of the economy – Trading, Investment, Manufacturing, Commodities, Marine, Oil & Gas, Transport and Steel.

Adenike Aboderin was also a Consulting Partner at Novateur Consulting Limited, a financial advisory firm and has held positions on various boards.

Mrs. Aboderin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB); Fellow, Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (FCNA) and an AMPAP Certified International Airport Professional (IAP).

She has attended postgraduate courses in Global Strategic Management (GSM) at the Harvard Business School, an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at the Lagos Business School, and several other courses covering Trade, investment, Energy and Infrastructure Financing, Credit, Risk, Treasury, Transaction Banking, Operations, Sales and Marketing.

She is presently pursuing another Master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the University of Sussex, UK.

She is a motivator with high proficiency in business and transportation, marine, energy management, policy formulation and strategic thinking.

Adenike Aboderin is passionate about industrialization and job creation, and continuously strives to proffer solutions to the Nigeria’s development, social and unemployment issues.

SAHCO is an Aviation Ground Handling company, offering services in Passenger Handling, Ramp Handling, Cargo Handling and Warehousing, Aviation security, Baggage Reconciliation, Crew Bus and Executive Lounge services and other related Ground Handling services.