19 July 2010

Air Nigeria repositions, appoints new officials …Kwasau takes over as new Ag. Director of Engineering & Maintenance

16 July 2010: Air Nigeria in its quest to boost the airline’s strength in becoming a leading global airline based in Nigeria, has announced the elevation and appointment of qualified key personnel to its management team. The duo of Engineer Christopher Kwasau and Mrs Temitope Fagbemi will have responsibility for the Directorate of Engineering & Maintenance and Human Resources respectively.

Chief Executive Officer of Air Nigeria, Mr. Kinfe Kahssaye stated that in line with the vision of the airline, the newly appointed personnel have the mandate to raise and sustain the quality of service of the airline in strict adherence to globally acceptable standards, while also noting that, their elevation is a landmark development in the airline’s succession plan especially as they have excelled in their different professional pursuits.

Kahssaye said: “We are consistently reviewing our operations with a view to upgrading our standards in the industry and we can only achieve this by ensuring highly qualified personnel occupy and manage our operations in line with global best practices especially as the airline has consistently maintained and operated in line with acceptable civil aviation regulations”.

Speaking further, Kahssaye said: “the new personnel are bringing aboard, wealth of experience having managed similar responsibilities for several years in the aviation sector, as well as hands-on involvement in the day to day procedural management of Air Nigeria’s safety standards in line with best practices since inception.

Engineer Christopher Kwasau takes over as Director of Engineering & Maintenance (Ag.) from the erstwhile Director of Engineering, Mr. Richard Murphy who is leaving the airline following the expiration of his contract while Mrs Temitope Fagbemi assumes the role of Head, Human Resources (Ag.) following the existing vacancy in the department.

Prior to Christopher Kwasau’s appointment as the Director of Engineering & Maintenance (Ag.), he was the Technical Services and Planning Manager of Air Nigeria with responsibility for key maintenance planning and engineering tasks.

Before joining Air Nigeria, then Virgin Nigeria in 2005, he was the Director of Engineering and Technical Services of Nigeria Airways having started his aviation career with the airline in 1981.

Mrs Temitope Fagbemi who comes with a wealth of expertise in human resource management, will implement organisational development strategies to ensure the successful execution of the airline’s current expansion plans.