{{Short description|Nigerian airline}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Okada Air | logo = OkadaAirLogo.JPG | image = Okada Air fleet abandoned at Benin Airport.jpg | image_size = | alt = Abandoned fleet of Okada Air | IATA = 9H | ICAO = OKJ | callsign = OKADA AIR | founded = {{start date|1983}} | commenced = {{start date|1983|9}} | ceased = {{end date|1997}} | aoc = | bases = | hubs = | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = | destinations = 9 | company_slogan = | parent = | headquarters = | key_people = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | profit = | assets = | equity = | website = }} thumb|right|250px|Okada Air Boeing 747-100, Manchester, 1993 thumb|right|250px|Okada Air Douglas DC-8, Luxembourg, 1985 '''Okada Air''' was an airline based in Benin City, Nigeria. The carrier was established in 1983 with a fleet of BAC-One Eleven 300s<ref name="FI1993" /><ref name="FI1984" /> and started charter operations in {{MONTHNAME|9}} the same year.<ref name="FI1996" /> 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.{{sfnp|Guttery|1998|p=146}}
The owner of Okada Air was Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin.<ref name="isbn0-7486-0492-8">{{cite book |author=Forrest, Tom |title=The advance of African capital: the growth of Nigerian private enterprise |publisher=Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute |location=Edinburgh |year=1994 |isbn=0-7486-0492-8 }}</ref> In 1997, the company was disestablished.
==Destinations== Okada Air served the following destinations throughout its history:<ref name="FI1996" />
*Abuja{{spaced ndash}}Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport *Benin{{spaced ndash}}Benin Airport *Enugu{{spaced ndash}}Akanu Ibiam International Airport *Jos{{spaced ndash}}Yakubu Gowon Airport *Kaduna{{spaced ndash}}Kaduna Airport *Kano{{spaced ndash}}Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport *Lagos{{spaced ndash}}Murtala Muhammed International Airport *Port Harcourt{{spaced ndash}}Port Harcourt International Airport *Yola{{spaced ndash}}Yola Airport
== Historical fleet details ==
* BAC One-Eleven-200 * BAC One-Eleven-300 * BAC One-Eleven-400 * BAC One-Eleven-500 * Boeing 727-200 * Boeing 707-300 * Boeing 747-100 * Douglas DC-8-62 * Sud Aviation Caravelle * Dornier 228-100 * PZL W-3 Sokół (one)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sałata|first1=Dariusz|last2=Sałata|first2=Krzysztof|last3=Wrona |first3=Andrzej|year= 2004|title= Użytkownicy śmigłowców W-3|trans-title=W-3 helicopter users |magazine= Aeroplan|language=pl |publisher= Agencja Lotnicza Altair|issue=5–6/2004 (50/51) |page=29 | issn=1232-8839}}</ref>
==Accidents and incidents==
===Fatal accidents=== *26 June 1991: A BAC One-Eleven 402AP, registration 5N-AOW, force-landed {{convert|10|km}} 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.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= 5N-AOW|id= 19910626-0}}</ref><ref name="FI1992" />{{rp|22}}
===Non-fatal hull-losses=== *7 September 1989: A BAC One-Eleven 320AZ, registration 5N-AOT, that was finalising a domestic scheduled Lagos–Port Harcourt passenger service, was written off on a hard landing caused by bad weather at Port Harcourt Airport.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= 5N-AOT|id= 19890907-0}}</ref> *1992: A Dornier 228-100, registration 5N-NOR, resulted damaged beyond repair on landing at an unknown location in Nigeria.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= 5N-AOR|id= 19929999-1}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Nigeria|Aviation}} *Transportation in Nigeria {{clear right}}
==References== {{reflist|refs= <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1984">{{cite journal|title= World airline directory – Okada Air|journal= Flight International|number= 3908|volume= 125|date= 31 March 1984|page= 874|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200576.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151838/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200576.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 6 March 2016}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1992">{{flatlist}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 20)|journal= Flight International|volume= 141|number= 4303|date= 24 January – 4 February 1992|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200186.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie42yX7q?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200186.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 21)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200187.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie437uRp?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200187.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 22)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200188.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/68R9JZZdf?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200188.html|archive-date= 15 June 2012|access-date= 5 August 2013|url-status= live}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 23)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200189.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie42mqnW?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200189.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 24)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200190.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie46AdSv?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200190.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 25)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200191.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie4B9CPy?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200191.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} *{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= Airline safety review 1991 (page 26)|journal= Flight International|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200192.html|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6Ie4F3bYO?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1992/1992%20-%200192.html|archive-date= 5 August 2013}}}} {{endflatlist}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1993">{{cite journal|title= World airline directory – Okada Air|journal= Flight International|date= 24–30 March 1993|volume= 143|number= 4362|page= 114|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200637.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075546/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200637.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2014}}</ref> <!-- + --> <ref name="FI1996">{{cite journal|title= World airline directory – Okada Air|journal= Flight International|volume= 149|number= 4517|date= 3–9 April 1996|page= 73|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200809.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140407105225/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200809.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 April 2014}}</ref> |2}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Guttery|first=Ben R.|title=Encyclopedia of African Airlines|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=0-7864-0495-7}}
{{Airlines of Nigeria}}
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