By Mohammad Lawal Maikudi
Rano Air has become the newest entrant in the Nigerian aviation industry as it received its Air Operation Certificate from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), April 13, 2023 after a rigorous five phase processes.
The airline set to commence operations soon on eight domestic destinations, to/from, Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Kaduna, Sokoto, Gombe, Yola, Maiduguri and Asaba and had secured four EMB-145LRs to start commercial operations before year-end
Founded in 2019, Rano Air initially applied for permission to operate scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and cargo services within and outside Nigeria in mid-2020 and the re-applied for an air transport licence in February, 2021, following its initial application in mid-2020.
Rano Air is owned by Kano-born oil billionaire Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano, the executive chairman and CEO of hA.A.Rano Group
