First Nation Airways Ltd. was a

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with its headquarters in

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and base at Murtala Mohammed Airport.Information on First Nation Airways at flightglobal.com
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History

First Nation Airways (SS) Limited is a privately owned, passenger airline. It commenced daily flights to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in October 2013 and planned an additional aircraft expansion in 2019 to 2020. In May 2018 however, the Nigerian authorities suspended the airlines operations as her two aircraft were ferried out on maintenance check . As of June 2019, the airline did not resume any flights as they are still undergoing re-certification process .ch-aviation.com - First Nation Airways
retrieved 23 June 2019

Destinations

First Nation Airways served the following destinations: *

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 ...

- Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport *

Murtala Mohammed International Airport Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) () is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state. The airport was initially built during World War II and is named after Mur ...

base *

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 ...

Port Harcourt International Airport Port Harcourt International Airport is an international airport serving Port Harcourt, the capital city of the Rivers State in Nigeria. The airport has two terminals for both international and domestic flights. The new International terminal w ...

Fleet

First Nation Airways Airbus A320 Iwelumo

The First Nation Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (): In September 2020, One of First Nation's A319, with registration 5N-FNE was scrapped.

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft: *3

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(2011-2012)

References

External links

Official website
Defunct airlines of Nigeria Airlines established in 2011 Airlines disestablished in 2018 Nigerian companies established in 2011 2018 disestablishments in Nigeria Companies based in Lagos {{Nigeria-airline-stub