Okada Air
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| Founded | 1983 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | September 1983 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1997 | ||||||
Okada Air was an airline based in
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]
The owner of Okada Air was Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin.[5] In 1997, the company was disestablished.
Destinations
Okada 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 Airport
- Kano – Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
- Lagos – Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Port Harcourt – Port Harcourt International Airport
- Yola – Yola Airport
Historical fleet details
- BAC One-Eleven-200
- BAC One-Eleven-300
- BAC One-Eleven-400
- BAC One-Eleven-500
- Boeing 727-200
- Boeing 707-300
- Boeing 747-100
- Douglas DC-8-62
- Sud Aviation Caravelle
- Dornier 228-100
- PZL W-3 Sokół (one)[6]
Accidents and incidents
Fatal accidents
- 26 June 1991: A 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
- 7 September 1989: A 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
- Transportation in Nigeria
References
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 0-7486-0492-8.
- ISSN 1232-8839.
- Aviation Safety Network
- ^
- "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.
- Aviation Safety Network
- Aviation Safety Network
Bibliography
- Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7.