Aero Contractors

Aero Contractors is a Nigerian airline. It operates scheduled passenger flights and helicopter services for business and for oil and gas work. The company says it has served Nigeria since 1959. It has operated as an air charter operator and as a scheduled airline.

The company was formed in 1959 as a wholly owned unit of Schreiner Airways of the Netherlands. Nigerian holding began in 1973. Canadian Helicopter Corporation bought a 40 percent holding in 2004. The Ibru family group now owns the company. The site describes its early history with pictures of engineers working in a Lagos hangar from 1959 to 1982.

The company started as an air charter operator in the early 1960s. In the 1970s it began to offer rotary and fixed wing services to oil, gas and support companies in Nigeria and West Africa. It began scheduled commercial flights in 2000. The site describes it as a regional scheduled carrier.

Aero currently operates passenger services with the Bombardier Dash 8 Q300, a 50 seat turboprop. It also flies Boeing 737 variants with 104 to 144 seats. The site describes these aircraft as the company's current passenger fleet. The site describes the Dash 8 as a modern pressurized turboprop.

The site lists online check in, online excess baggage vouchers, online ticket vouchers, online travel insurance and a mobile web service. It also lists travel guides, destinations, deals and a flexible payment plan. The site also has a corporate section and a carriage conditions page.

The business section lists charter helicopter services, maintenance for flight readiness, and a training school with certified instructors and modern facilities. Support options include a call centre, a refund request page and a list of ticket offices. The site lists the phone number +234 201 330 2937. The site also has Facebook and Instagram accounts. X is also listed as a social account.