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The airline commenced operations on June 7 2019 when a Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft marked with the Ibom Air name took off from Victor Attah International Airport (IATA: QUO), Uyo, with government officials on board, en route to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Akwa Ibom is the first state in the country to own an airline.
This domestic terminal used to be the old Ikeja Airport. International operations moved to the new international airport when it was ready while domestic operations moved to the Ikeja Airport, which became the domestic airport. The domestic operations were relocated to the old Lagos domestic terminal in 2000 after a fire.
A Bombardier CRJ 900 Series with registration number 5N-BWM took off by 12pm for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Ibom Air took delivery of its first set of aircraft in the form of two Bombardier CRJ-900s. [10] The Akwa Ibom State Government took delivery of the fourth aircraft in the fleet of Ibom Air on 19 May 2020. [11]
Ibadan Airport: 1 1 Jos: Plateau: DNJO JOS Yakubu Gowon Airport: 1 1 Maiduguri: Borno: DNMA MIU Maiduguri International Airport: N/A N/A Owerri: Imo: DNIM QOW Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport (SMICA) 1 2 Uyo: Akwa Ibom: DNAI QUO Akwa Ibom Airport - Victor Attah International Airport (Victor Attah Int'l) 1 1 Yola: Adamawa: DNYO YOL Yola ...
A Piper PA-23 Aztec six-seat charter aircraft of Aero Contractors in 1970, pictured at Warri Airport after a flight from Lagos Ikeja Airport. Aero Contractors was formed in 1959 and officially registered in Nigeria in 1960. At that time, it was a wholly owned by Schreiner Airways B.V. of the Netherlands.
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On 3 June 2012, a Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating as Flight 0992 crashed into a two-story building at Iju Railway, Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos. All 153 people on the aircraft were killed. [7] Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). [8]
United Nigeria Airlines Limited, trading as United Nigeria Airlines (IATA: U5, ICAO: UNA), is a private airline in Nigeria. The new start-up received its Air Operators Certificate (AOC), on 1 February 2021. [ 1 ]