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 ADC Airlines (Aviation Development Company Limited). ( )

ADC obtained two Series 203AEs and one Series 414EG from Guinness Peat Aviation with one delivered in Dec90 and two in Apr91. Schedules were flown from Lagos to Abuja, Calabar, Kaduna and Port Harcourt together with charter work both domestically and to Conakry in Guinea. One of the Series 203AEs was withdrawn in Oct94. The overhaul of the Series 414EG was abandoned after the company’s only other One-Eleven was written off on 29Jul97, so ending the company’s association with the type.

Name used on aircraft:-

5N-AYY The Magnificat

Albarka Air Services, Ltd. (AA)

Albarka Air Services took delivery of two former British World Series 500s in Feb00. These were a Series 518FG and a Series 520FN and were joined by a Series 525FT in Jul00. Schedules, which were inaugurated on 23Mar00, were flown from Maiduguri to Lagos via Kano or Yola and from Lagos to Port Harcourt. Sokoto was an added destination from 11Aug00. An executively configured Series 401AK was obtained in Feb00 for charter work. The fleet was grounded on 09May02 by the Nigerian CAA.

Argonaut Airlines. ( )

This airline was due to take delivery of a Series 215AU in Oct95 but this failed to happen.

Chanchangi Airlines, Ltd. (3U)

This airline took delivery of two former European Aircharter Series 510EDs in Dec00 to operate on its domestic schedules within Nigeria. The aircraft were fitted with 68 business class and 8 tourist class seats in a two-aisle-two layout. The aircraft were used on routes from Lagos to Calabar, Kaduna and Port Harcourt until the Nigerian One-Eleven fleets were grounded by their CAA on 09May02. Amazingly, after several years in storage, 5N-BCG was ferried from Kaduna to Bishkek on the 04Mar08 after the airframe had been sold to Trast Aero.

Chrome Air Services, Ltd. ( )

Chrome Air Services obtained a Series 487GK pure freighter and a Series 525FT passenger aircraft in Apr and Mar99 respectively. The aircraft were used for ad hoc charter work. The type was withdrawn on 09May02 after it had been grounded by the Nigerian CAA. It has been reported that the Series 500 was later flown as a pure freighter early in 2003 while the Series 487GK was returned to Bucharest in Jul02.

Comet Airlines, Ltd. ( )

This company was due to take delivery of a Series 525FT from TAROM late in 2000 but nothing further was heard of this carrier. Although painted in the company’s colours the aircraft remained in store at Bucharest-Otopeni.

EAS Airlines (Executive Airline Services, Ltd). ( )

EAS purchased two Series 501EXs in late Sep98, the first of which was delivered in early Oct98 and the second in early Jan99. In Mar99 a Series 561RC was obtained from TAROM while two Series 525FTs were obtained from the same source in Jan00 and in Jul01. The aircraft were operated in a 12 first and 84 tourist seat configuration. Scheduled services were operated from Lagos to Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt in the name of EAS Airlines. Early in 2000 Jos, Kano and Kaduna were added to the network while Calabar and Owerri were added at a later date. The type was withdrawn on 09May02 after one of the airline's aircraft crashed. As a result the Nigerian CAA decided to ban any further 1-11 operations in the country.

Fassey Royal, Ltd. ( )

This company took delivery of a Series 203AE in Jun96 which was used for a very short while on Nigerian domestic services. Operations had ceased by Mar98.

GAS Airlines (General & Aviation Services) Ltd. (GR)

GAS Airlines initially leased a Series 424EU from TAROM in Jul87 until two Series 424EUs were obtained from LAR in Apr and Nov89. A Series 204AF was prepared and painted for this operator in May91 but was never delivered. The company’s final aircraft was a Series 481FW which it bought from Air Malawi in Mar93. Points served on a scheduled network included Ilorin, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri and Yola while charter flights were also flown. An experimental service was flown for three months in 1990 between Lagos and Accra but was abandoned as not viable. The company reportedly ceased flying in Jul97 and the fleet was put in storage.

Name used on aircraft:-

5N-AVX David

5N-AXV Solomon

Hold-Trade Air Services, Ltd. ( )

This company leased four ex Aer Lingus Series 208ALs from Guinness Peat Aviation with delivery taking place between Jun91 and Mar92. A fifth unidentified aircraft was reportedly in use by Sep92. It is not known what destinations were served with these aircraft but the company had ceased flying by Jul97.

International Air Tours. ( )

A Series 401AK was ferried across the Atlantic for this new Nigerian airline but although painted in the company colours, it got no further than Hurn. It was impounded here and later sold to Tikal Jets of Guatemala.

Kabo Air, Ltd. (KO)

Kabo Air obtained ten Series 204AFs and one Series 215AU formerly operated by US Air Inc with delivery between Nov90 and Oct91. Two of these were believed to be for spares use only. The company later obtained eight Series 400s between Nov91 and Aug97. These comprised three Series 401AKs, two Series 407AWs, one Series 414EG, one Series 423ET and one Series 424EU. Several of these were operated in a VIP configuration. The company flew scheduled services from Lagos to Abuja, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Port Harcourt while Abuja to Minna and Kano to Maiduguri services were also flown. The company had a contract with the Nigerian Government for the support of the ECOMOG (West African Military) force in Liberia. By Jul97 only two One-Elevens reportedly remained in service but additional aircraft were subsequently added to the fleet. One of these was operated on behalf of the Liberian Government as a VIP aircraft for a while. By Feb99 the airline had disposed of its entire Series 200 fleet and was flying just four Series 400s with the remainder in store. The type was finally withdrawn when grounded by the Nigerian CAA on 09May02.

Names used on aircraft:-

5N-GGG Muhammadu Sbubakar Rimi

5N-KBC Alhaji Bara Waiman

5N-KBD Adamu Gutus Mutkai

5N-KBM Mahammadu Dikko

5N-KBO Gwamna Awan

5N-KBS Hasija Bayero

5N-KBT Sir Abubakar 111

5N-KBV El-Kanemi of Borno

5N-KKK Malam Barnabas

Nigeria Airways.

A Series 416EK in full Nigerian Airways colours was leased from BAC from late Aug70 for two weeks for demonstrations/evaluation by the airline. Nothing further came of this.

Okada Air, Ltd. (9H)

Okada Air obtained a large fleet of used One-Elevens which it obtained from many sources. The first to be obtained were the four Series 320L-AZs which came from BCAL in Sep and Nov83. Two Series 420ELs were delivered in Nov85 and Jan86 together with a Series 402AP in Jan86 all of which came from Québecair Inc. In May and Sep87 two Series 416EKs were obtained from Britt Airways Inc while in May and September of the same year a Series 401AK and a Series 408EF were bought from executive users. The first was retained in executive configuration for the use of the owner of the airline. British Island Airways was the source of a Series 409AY and a Series 416EK in Oct89 and two Series 432FDs in Jul and Oct90. The year 1991 saw the addition of two Series 304AXs, a Series 301AG, a Series 401AK and a Series 424EU all in May. The first two came from Airways International Cymru Ltd, the third from Birmingham European Airways Ltd, the fourth from Dan-Air and the fifth from TAROM. In Jul91 the company obtained its first 500 Series aircraft in the shape of two low time Series 539GLs which came from British Airways. Two VIP configured Series 217EAs which had previously seen service with the RAAF were added in Dec91 and Jan92 while a Series 524FF was bought from Air Malawi in late Jul92. A contract was signed for the purchase of seven Series 510EDs from British Airways with first due for delivery in Jun92 but although all the aircraft were painted in Okada colours, the contract was not finalised and the aircraft were not delivered. A network of scheduled services linked Lagos with Abuja, Benin, Calabar, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and Yola (either via Kano or Kaduna). Charter flights were also undertaken including executive work with the two Series 217EAs. By Jul97 only one of the company’s One-Elevens reportedly remained in service with the majority of the fleet being stored at Benin. By early 2000 none of the fleet was reported operational and a large number was observed stored at Benin.

Name used on aircraft:-

5N-AOT The Archbishop Idahosa

Oriental Airlines, Ltd. ( )

This airline obtained a Series 501EX and a Series 515FB from British Airways in Sep93 and May94. The second aircraft was written-off in Sep94 and replaced with an ex Ryanair Ltd Series 523FJ in Dec94. A Series 515FB and two Series 509EWs were obtained from British World Airways in Mar95 but only the first aircraft was ever made operational and delivered in Aug95. A Series 476FM was also obtained in Mar95 but was the subject of a long conversion to VIP configuration and not delivered until Aug96. Scheduled services were flown from Lagos to Abuja, Enugu, Owerri and Port Harcourt and also carried out domestic and International charter work. By the time Nigerian One-Elevens were grounded on 09May02 only one aircraft reportedly remained in service.

Savannah Airlines, Ltd. ( )

Savannah Airlines purchased a Series 523FJ and a Series 530FX from European Aviation Ltd in Nov01. One of the aircraft was reportedly damaged beyond repair on the ground in Mar02. The type was withdrawn on 09May02 after it had been grounded by the Nigerian CAA.

Names used on aircraft:-

5N-BDU Sir Kashim Ibrahim

5N-BDV Galadima-Mai-Kyan

Wind (CI), Ltd.

An executively configured Series 488GH was obtained for his personal use by Abdul Aziz Ude of Nigeria in Jun93 in the above company name. The aircraft was sold in Jul95.

Name used on aircraft:-

5N-UDE The Jkenga

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