Allied Air is a
cargo airline based in
Lagos
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,
Nigeria
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. It operates scheduled and charter services in Nigeria and throughout
Africa
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. Its main base is
Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
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History
The airline was established in 1998.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) set a deadline of April 30, 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded. Allied Air successfully re-capitalised and was registered for operation.
Destinations
Key scheduled destinations include
Accra
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,
Freetown
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,
Monrovia
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,
Entebbe
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, and
Malabo
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.
It also has regular services to
Liege.
Fleet
The Allied Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2021):
The airline used to operate
Boeing 727-200Fs and one was written off in an accident on June 2, 2012.
Accidents and incidents
*On June 2, 2012, a
Boeing 727-200F, operating flight
Allied Air Flight 111
Allied Air Flight 111 was a cargo flight operated by Lagos-based cargo airliner Allied Air, flying from Lagos, Nigeria to Accra, Ghana. The flight was operated with a Boeing 727 cargo aircraft. On 2 June 2012, the aircraft crashed on landing at ...
, overshot the runway as it landed at
Kotoka International Airport
Kotoka International Airport is an international airport in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The airport is operated by Ghana Airports Company Limited, Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), which has its offices on the airport property. It is the ...
in the Ghanaian city of Accra after flying from Lagos, Nigeria. The plane continued through the airport boundary fence and across a main road, hitting a minivan. 10 people in the minivan were killed outright. The plane's four crew suffered minor injuries.
External links
Allied Air
References
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Airlines of Nigeria
Airlines established in 1998
Cargo airlines
Companies based in Lagos
Nigerian companies established in 1998