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]
Okada Air Boeing 747-100, Manchester, 1993Okada Air Douglas DC-8, Luxembourg, 1985The abandoned fleet of Okada Air at the Benin Airport, 2006. One Boeing 727 and 17 BAC 1-11 are visible
The owner of Okada Air was Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin.[5] In 1997, the company was disestablished.
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
^Forrest, Tom (1994). The advance of African capital: the growth of Nigerian private enterprise. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. ISBN0-7486-0492-8.
^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.
Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN0-7864-0495-7.
October 30, 2023
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