Okada Air was an airline based in Benin City

Benin City

Benin City, is a city and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria. It is a city approximately twenty-five miles north of the Benin River. It is situated 200 miles by road east of Lagos...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. The company started doing charter flights in 1979, and started regular operations in 1983. The owner of Okada Air was Chief Gabriel Igbinedion

Gabriel Igbinedion

Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion is the Esama of the Benin Kingdom in Nigeria. The title Esama traditionally means the "godfather of the people", with responsibilities including assisting the poor in medial, monetary and private venture forms...

, the Esama of Benin.

Historical Fleet Details

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  BAC One-Eleven
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  BAC One-Eleven
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  Boeing 727
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  Boeing 727
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  Boeing 727
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  Boeing 707
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  Boeing 707
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  Boeing 747
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  Boeing 747
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  Douglas DC-8
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  Sud Aviation Caravelle
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  Dornier Do 228
  The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH from 1981 until 1998. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 for the Asian market sphere. Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and...
  
  

Accident and incidents

date type registration operator fat. location

??-???-1992 Dornier Do-228 5N-AOR Okada Air ?

26-JUN-1991 BAC One-Eleven 5N-AOW Okada Air 3 near Sokoto Airport

07-SEP-1989 BAC One-Eleven 5N-AOT Okada Air 0 Port Harcourt

External links

• Fleet and Code information
• Accidents; incidents
• Photos of Okada Air planes