Dornier Aviation Nigeria AIEP

Dornier Aviation Nigeria AIEP Limited is an aircraft operator and service centre at Kaduna Old Airport in Kaduna State, Nigeria. It runs charter flights, aircraft management, maintenance and training.

The company was incorporated in 1979 as the Aeronautical Industrial and Project Management Company, with a mix of foreign and Nigerian owners. It was later renamed Dornier Aviation Nigeria AIEP. It has over 30 years of experience. It holds a Nigerian Air Transport Licence, an Air Operators Certificate, and approvals as an Approved Training Organisation and an Approved Maintenance Organisation. It has more than 243 employees, including three expatriate engineers.

The company flies non-scheduled charter. It runs regular flights for corporate clients, spot charters, and crew and aircraft on lease. Its largest contract began in 2013 with Nigeria LNG. The aircraft now flying for that contract are a Q400 and a Dornier 328. They serve Lagos, Bonny, Port Harcourt and Abuja. It is one of only eight fixed-wing operators in the world approved to operate for Shell. From 2010 to 2013 it also flew scheduled charters for HESS in Equatorial Guinea between Malabo, Bata and Libreville. Since 2015 it has flown routes such as Abuja, Maiduguri and Yola for the United Nations, and it says it has carried over one million passengers on this work.

Maintenance is a second core area. The company lists non-destructive testing, with eddy current, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant and visual methods. It also does wheel and brake overhaul, Do 228 and Do 328 inspections, Beechcraft 1900D inspections, and borescope inspections for many engine types. It does line maintenance on Challenger 604 and 605 aircraft, battery maintenance and aircraft painting. In the past it was the only Dornier service centre in Africa and one of three Honeywell Garrett engine service centres on the continent.

The head office complex covers several hectares. It has offices, an aircraft production facility, workshops, stores, a fire and rescue facility, a fuel station and a large apron. Other bases are in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Bonny, Yola and Maiduguri.

The company also built the Air Beetle trainer for the Nigerian Air Force. It plans to grow its Q400 fleet and work with partners on drones for farming, energy, power and military use.

Services

• Non-scheduled charter
• Aircraft management
• Aircraft maintenance
• Pilot and technician training
• Non-destructive testing
• Wheels and brakes overhaul
• Borescope inspections
• Aircraft painting
• Battery maintenance
• Aircraft leasing with crew