Afrijet Airlines

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Afrijet Airlines

IATA 6F	ICAO FRJ	Callsign AFRIJET
Founded		1999
Hubs		Murtala Mohammed International Airport
Fleet size		0
Destinations		0
Headquarters		Lagos, Nigeria
Key people		Colin Carr - Chairman, Capt. William Berry Noelle - MD/CEO

Afrijet Airlines is an airline based in Lagos, Nigeria. It was established and started regional cargo operations in 1999. Its main base is Murtala Mohammed International Airport^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

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 at 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 and it is a privately owned airline.^{[citation needed]}

The Nigerian government set a deadline of April 30, 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. The airline satisfied the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation.^[2]

The airline has announced its plans to relaunch its local flights by February 2008.

[edit] Destinations

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.