Afrijet Airlines

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Afrijet Airlines is a Nigerian registered private airline established and started regional cargo operations in 1999. As well as operating cargo services from Nigeria, the airline also operated high profile security flight operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The airline has just moved from its offices from Murtala Mohammed International Airport to its corporate headquarters in Opebi, Lagos. It still maintains an aviation maintenance shop with its sister company Elite Aviation, as well as completing a Boeing 757-sized Aircraft maintenance facility at Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

Capt. William Berry Noelle serves as the airline's Managing Director/CEO.

Contents 1 Services 2 Code Data 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Services

Afrijet Airlines has been licensed by the Nigerian Government to operate scheduled domestic passenger and international services to Malabo, Luanda, Kinshasa, Douala, Accra, Freetown, Conakry, Banjul, Johannesburg, Jeddah, Madrid and Lyon. It has also formed cargo partnerships with MK Airlines and Panalpina with operations to Luxembourg, Ostend and London.

[edit] Code Data

• ICAO Code: FRJ
• Callsign: AFRIJET ^[1]

[edit] Fleet

The Afrijet Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 1 Fairchild FH-227D
• 1 Fokker F27J
• 1 MD-83 (at October 2006)

Previously operated:

• 1 Boeing 727-200F (at January 2005)

[edit] External links

• Afrijet Airlines
• Aviation in Nigeria - The Daily Sun Nigeria
• Afrijet assists in Hajj - Vanguard Online
• Afrijet earmarks 30-aircraft fleet

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006