Freedom Air Services was an

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based in

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. It operated scheduled domestic services and charter flights within

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. Its main bases were Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano and Murtala Mohammed International Airport,

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History

The airline was established on 28 May 1998 and started operations in October 2001 . It is owned by ADF (40%), Garba Kabo Shitu (founder and chief executive) (20%), Moh Garba Shitu (20%) and Yusufu Garba Shitu (20%).

Destinations

Freedom Air Services operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005):

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, Kano,

and

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Fleet

The Freedom Air Services fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at March 2007): *1 Boeing 727-200

Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated a further:

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, 3–9 October 2006 *2 Boeing 727-200

References

External links

Freedom Air Services (archived)
Defunct airlines of Nigeria Airlines established in 1998 Airlines disestablished in 2007 {{Nigeria-airline-stub