Okada Air
Defunct Nigerian airline
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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]
Founded1983
Commenced operationsSeptember 1983
Ceased operations1997
Destinations9
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 – 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
Accidents and incidents
Fatal accidents
- 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
- 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]
