The severance packages  and outstanding salaries of 30 of the workers declared redundant at Aero Contractors airlines have been settled.

The managing director of the airline, Captain Ado Sanusi who made this known  during  a telephone conversation  with  our correspondent  recently, however assured that some of the wormers would be recalled.

Sanusi said the  aim of the management was to disbursed about N50 million monthly to the affected staff and assured that some of them would be recalled as its fleet of aircraft increases.

“On the payment of some of the redundant workers, about 30 of them have been paid so far since the beginning of this month, but what we are doing is payment from bottom to top. Very soon, others would be paid. Our intention is to disburse at least N50m to the affected workers monthly.”

Sanusi, however, declined to comment on the amount of money paid the affected workers so far, but a source close to the airline confided in our correspondent that the airline had disbursed about N70m in two tranches to the 30 workers.

But, the airline was yet to pay pensions of the affected workers since 2015.

Meanwhile, there are strong indications that one of the airline’s aircraft, a Boeing 737-500, which was taken out for C—Checks about a year ago would return to the country by this weekend.

This is as our correspondent gathered that another aircraft, a B737-400 with the registration number 5N-BOC would be rolled out from the maintenance facility of the airline in the next two weekso

A source close to the airline told our correspondent  that the B737-500 aircraft, which was taken out for C-check maintenance in France by previous management could not return as planned due to paucity of funds.

But, the current management led by Capt. Ado Sanusi, took it upon itself to ensure the return of the aircraft from the European country.

Sanusi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the airline, however, confirmed the developments on phone with our correspondent.

At present, Aero Contractors has two aircraft; B737-500 and Dash 8 in its fleet, but with the impending arrival of the new aircraft, its fleet would increase to three.

Besides, it was gathered that another aircraft presently in its maintenance hangar facility at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos would be rolled out in the next two weeks.

The aircraft would be the second of its airplanes that would be maintained in its facility since January 2018 when it equally carried out a C-check in one of its aircraft at the same facility.

Sanusi, posited that the B737-500 aircraft would arrive the country by this weekend while the other B737-400 currently under its maintenance facility at the Lagos Airport would join its fleet in the next two weeks.

This is apart from another helicopter that is scheduled to arrive Nigeria from Malaysia on Thursday, thereby increasing its rotary wing fleet to three.