African Airlines Atlas From Colonies to Carriers

Country page

Nigeria

71 airline records in the African Airlines Atlas, with 64 marked as operating at the 1998 survey horizon.

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Country facts

Total records
71
Active at 1998 horizon
64
Ceased by survey horizon
7
State-linked records
6
Destination records
358
Service scopes
Domestic, Intercontinental, Regional
First listed airline
Elders Colonial Airways (1935)

Ownership mix

  1. Private43
  2. Not stated18
  3. Private (subsidiary)4
  4. Mixed (state-linked)2
  5. State-owned2
  6. Mixed1

Records

Nigeria airline records

These are structured record pages, not copied encyclopedia entries.

  1. Elders Colonial AirwaysDomestic, Regional1935 to 1940
  2. Nigerian Air ServicesDomestic1946 to 1947
  3. West African Airways Corporation (WAAC)Domestic, Regional1946 to 1958
  4. Nigeria AirwaysDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1958 to 1998 horizon
  5. Aero ContractorsDomestic1959 to 1998 horizon
  6. ExecutairNot stated1960 to 1998 horizon
  7. Pan African AirlinesDomestic, Regional1961 to 1998 horizon
  8. Bristow HelicoptersDomestic1969 to 1998 horizon
  9. Air Vanni / Intercontinental AirlinesDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1970 to 1998 horizon
  10. Arax AirlinesNot stated1970 to 1998 horizon
  11. General & Aviation Services / GAS AirDomestic, Intercontinental1973 to 1998 horizon
  12. Intercontinental AirlinesDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1978 to 1998 horizon
  13. Jambo Air LinesDomestic1980 to 1998 horizon
  14. Northern Air ServiceDomestic1980 to 1998 horizon
  15. RN Air CargoNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  16. United Air Services / UAS CargoNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  17. Kabo AirDomestic, Intercontinental1981 to 1998 horizon
  18. Okada AirDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1983 to 1998 horizon
  19. Aviation Development Company / ADC AirlinesDomestic, Regional1984 to 1998 horizon
  20. Flash AirlinesIntercontinental1985 to 1998 horizon
  21. Skypower Express AirlinesDomestic1985 to 1998 horizon
  22. Executive Aviation Services / EAS AirlinesDomestic1986 to 1998 horizon
  23. PMAS Regional AirlinesDomestic1987 to 1998 horizon
  24. Concord AirlinesDomestic, Regional1989 to 1998 horizon
  25. Oriental AirlinesDomestic1989 to 1998 horizon
  26. AfrimexNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  27. Barnax AirNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  28. Farproden Air LinesNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  29. Kolkol AirlinesNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  30. Merchant ExpressIntercontinental1990 to 1994
  31. Nyemoni AirwaysNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  32. Sobreiro AirNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  33. Trans-Air ServicesIntercontinental1990 to 1998 horizon
  34. Trans-Sahel AirlinesNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  35. Bellview AirlinesDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1991 to 1998 horizon
  36. Harca Air (1991)Domestic1991 to 1994
  37. Hold Trade Air ServicesDomestic1991 to 1998 horizon
  38. Foremost AviationIntercontinental1992 to 1994
  39. Triax Air ServicesDomestic1992 to 1998 horizon
  40. Zenith AirDomestic1992 to 1998 horizon
  41. Air NigeriaDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1993 to 1998 horizon
  42. Air Trans AirDomestic1993 to 1998 horizon
  43. City Link AirlinesDomestic1993 to 1996
  44. Overnight CargoIntercontinental1993 to 1998 horizon
  45. Global AirlinesIntercontinental1994 to 1998 horizon
  46. Harco AirDomestic1994 to 1998 horizon
  47. Maina AirDomestic1994 to 1998 horizon
  48. AmedAirIntercontinental1995 to 1998 horizon
  49. Fegan AviationDomestic1995 to 1998 horizon
  50. Central AirlinesNot statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  51. Impala AirNot statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  52. Kenuz AirlinesNot statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  53. Nigeria Airline 436Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  54. Nigeria Airline 437Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  55. Nigeria Airline 438Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  56. Nigeria Airline 439Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  57. Nigeria Airline 440Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  58. Nigeria Airline 441Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  59. Nigeria Airline 442Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  60. Nigeria Airline 443Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  61. Nigeria Airline 444Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  62. Nigeria Airline 445Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  63. Nigeria Airline 446Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  64. Nigeria Airline 447Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  65. Nigeria Airline 448Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  66. Nigeria Airline 449Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  67. Nigeria Airline 450Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  68. Nigeria Airline 451Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  69. Nigeria Airline 452Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  70. Nigeria Airline 453Not statedUnknown to 1998 horizon
  71. Northwest Air ServicesDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon

Cite this country page

Reese Hollister, ed., African Airlines Atlas, Nigeria country page, 71 airline records from the From Colonies to Carriers dataset, built from Ben Guttery, Encyclopedia of African Airlines (McFarland, 1998).