The full list of airlines in Nigeria is a comprehensive selection of all local and international airlines that operate in the country in 2018, providing passengers with quicker options for both short and long distance travel.
Local or domestic Nigerian airlines let citizens and visitors fly to Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Enugu, Calabar, Abuja and other major cities within the country. International flights often belong to international corporations. Still, there are companies that offer both domestic and international flights.
Local airlines in Nigeria
1. Aero Contractors – 40 percent of shares are owned by the Ibru family and 60 percent are owned by AMCON (Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria).
2. Arik Air – owned by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
3. Allied Air Cargo – owned by Allied Air Limited (Valentine Tongo is the main shareholder).
4. Associated Aviation – owned by a group of investors (names are unknown).
5. Air Peace – owned by Allen Onyema.
6. Azman Air Services LTD – owned by Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina.
7. Dana Air – rumored to be owned by the Indian company Dana Group.
8. Chanchangi Airlines – privately owned by Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi (94 percent of shares) and 4 other people (names unknown).
9. Dornier Aviation AIEP LTD – 40 percent of shares are privately owned by Nigerians and 60 percent belongs to foreign investors.
0. Firstnation Airways – owned by Kayode Odukoya.
1. IRS Airlines – used to be owned by Isyaku Rabiu.
2. Kabo Travels / Air – privately owned by Kabo Air Travels Ltd.
3. Med-view Airline – rumored to be owned by Sheik Abdul Moshen Rahman Al-Thunayan.
4. Overland Airways – owned and controlled by Overland Airways Limited.
5. Pan African Airlines - owned by the Bristow Group.