Okada Air was an airline based in Benin City, Nigeria. The carrier was established in 1983 with a fleet of BAC-One Eleven 300s.[1][2] and started charter operations in September the same year.[3] In 1984, a Boeing 707-355C was acquired for cargo operations. By 1990, ten BAC One-Elevens were bought, and eight more were acquired in 1991. The company was granted the right of operating international flights in 1992.[4]
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| Founded | 1983 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | September 1983 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1997 | ||||||
The owner of Okada Air was Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin.[5] In 1997, the company was disestablished.
Destinations
editOkada Air served the following destinations throughout its history:[3]
- Abuja – Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
- Benin – Benin Airport
- Enugu – Akanu Ibiam International Airport
- Jos – Yakubu Gowon Airport
- Kaduna – Kaduna Airport
- Kano – Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
- Lagos – Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Port Harcourt – Port Harcourt International Airport
- Yola – Yola Airport
Historical fleet details
editAccidents and incidents
editFatal accidents
edit- 26 June 1991: A BAC One-Eleven 402AP, registration 5N-AOW, force-landed 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) off Sokoto Airport due to fuel exhaustion. There were three fatalities, all of them passengers. The aircraft had been diverted from the original Benin City–Kano route because of bad weather at the airport of destination.[7][8]: 22
Non-fatal hull-losses
edit- 7 September 1989: A BAC One-Eleven 320AZ, registration 5N-AOT, that was finalising a domestic scheduled Lagos–Port Harcourt passenger service, was written off on a hard landing caused by bad weather at Port Harcourt Airport.[9]
- 1992: A Dornier 228-100, registration 5N-NOR, resulted damaged beyond repair on landing at an unknown location in Nigeria.[10]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "World airline directory – Okada Air". Flight International. 143 (4362): 114. 24–30 March 1993. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
- ^ "World airline directory – Okada Air". Flight International. 125 (3908): 874. 31 March 1984. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
- ^ a b "World airline directory – Okada Air". Flight International. 149 (4517): 73. 3–9 April 1996. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
- ^ Guttery (1998), p. 146.
- ^ Forrest, Tom (1994). The advance of African capital: the growth of Nigerian private enterprise. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. ISBN 0-7486-0492-8.
- ^ Sałata, Dariusz; Sałata, Krzysztof; Wrona, Andrzej (2004). "Użytkownicy śmigłowców W-3" [W-3 helicopter users]. Aeroplan (in Polish). No. 5–6/2004 (50/51). Agencja Lotnicza Altair. p. 29. ISSN 1232-8839.
- ^ Accident description for 5N-AOW at the Aviation Safety Network
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- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 20)". Flight International. 141 (4303). 24 January – 4 February 1992. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 21)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 22)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 23)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 24)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 25)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- "Airline safety review 1991 (page 26)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
- ^ Accident description for 5N-AOT at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Accident description for 5N-AOR at the Aviation Safety Network
Bibliography
edit- Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7.