Airlines in Nigeria

This page provides links to all currently operating international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo airlines registered in Nigeria. There are also tables for non-operating airlines that have failed since 1995, and failed airline projects. Click on Airline Name for contact, fleet, route and accident data.

All columns are sortable. Click on column Heading to sort column. Click on airline name for Profile

Airline	Main Base	Telephone	IATA code	ICAO code	IATA Prefix	Start	End	Sched.	Chart.	Cargo	ACMI
AeroContractors	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 497 9122	AJ	NIG		1959	-
Allied Air Cargo	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 659 4735	4W	AJK		1998	-
Arik Air	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 279 9999	W3	ARA		2006	-
Associated Aviation	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 493 6514	-	SCD		1995	-
Axiom Air	Lagos (LOS)	+234 709 814 1828	-	EAN		2010	-
Capital Airlines	Ilorin (ILR)	+234 1 8990 3526	-	NCP		2003	-
Dana Air			DA	DAN		2008	-
Dornier Aviation Nigeria (DANA)	Kaduna (KAD)	+234 62 310102	-	DAV		1979	-
First Nation Airways	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 2702 7001	-	FRN		2010	-
Kabo Air	Kano (KAN)	+234 80 371 2228	N9	QNK		1981	-
Knights Airlines			-	KGT		2005	-
MaxAir	Kano (KAN)	+234 803 700 1495	NR	NGL		2008	-
Med-View Airlines	Kano		VL	MEV		2007	-
Meridian Airlines			HL	MHL		2004	-
Overland Airways	Lagos (LOS)	+234 1 497 97805	OJ	OLA		2001	-
Pan African Airlines			PF

Defunct airlines

Airline		IATA code	ICAO code		Start	End
Afrijet Airlines		6F	FRJ		1999	2009
Air Midwest		-	VTY		2010	2010
Air Nigeria		XY	NGP		2002	2003
Air Nigeria		VK	VGN	786	2010	2012
Al-Dawood Air		-	LIE		2002	2005
Bellview Airlines		B3	BLV		1992	2009
Chanchangi Airlines		5B	NCH		1997	2011
Dana Air		DA	DAN		2008	2012
IRS Airlines		-	LVB		2002	2011
Mangal Airlines	possibly rebranded as MaxAir	-	EAN		2006	2008
Nicon Airways		-	NCN		2006	2007
Nigerian Eagle Airlines	Became Air Nigeria	VK	VGN		2009	2010
Skyline		-	SMT		1999	2003
Virgin Nigeria Airways	Renamed as Nigerian Eagle Airlines	VK	VGN		2004	2009