EAS (Executive Airlines Services) Airlines was an

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based in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

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. Its main base was Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

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3 April 2007 In July 2006, the airline merged with Fleet Air Nigeria Limited, forming the short-lived Nicon Airways.

Code data

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Code: EXW *

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: ECHOLINE

History

The airline was established on 23 December 1983.

Destinations

EAS Airlines operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005):

Abuja Abuja (; , ) is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As the seat of the Federal G ...

, Enugu, Jos,

and

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...

Fleet

The EAS Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft: *4 BAC 1-11-500 *4 Boeing 707-351C *2 Boeing 737-200 *1 Douglas DC-8-55F

Accidents and incidents

*On 4 May 2002, a BAC 111-500 plane crashed into a densely populated neighborhood shortly after take-off from Kano. At least 103 people were killed, many of whom were on the ground.

References

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EAS Airlines
Defunct airlines of Nigeria Airlines established in 1983 Airlines disestablished in 2006 Defunct companies based in Lagos 2006 disestablishments in Nigeria Nigerian companies established in 1983 {{Nigeria-airline-stub