I have worked Internationally for over 35 years and have seen the aviation industry change dramatically during that period. The biggest change has been the number and scale of executive jets being operated internationally. When I put together the business plan for the first FBO in Nigeria I did not fathom the reasons for the dynamic shift in jet ownership, but I did anticipate and predict the need.

In the process I helped develop the tools and procedures needed to operate and regularize foreign registered aircraft coming into the country. Right from legitimizing foreign registered aircraft to operate (privately in Nigeria) without the onerous flight-by-flight authorizations, to setting up flight dispatch operations that assist foreign companies coming into foreign airspace without airspace management or air traffic control hassles, to setting up the first EASA authorized workshop for line maintenance. Additionally, I consulted for many of the European companies and assisted them in seamlessly managing their VVIP and High Net Worth Individual clients wanting to operate in African airspace.

Every aircraft acquisition is different and every principle or HNWI has different motives and expectations for their private or corporate jet assets and so no one advisor or manager can come up with the optimum solution. The best advisor will find the right mix of expertise to make your acquisition and entry to service and day-to-day operations seamless and efficient. Start with someone who knows the country of operations and knows the players who can provide the best services for the expectations of the end user. I do not provide Aircraft Management Services but I can help jet owners find experienced and capable management companies and I can help management companies do a better job in Nigeria for your clients.