Max Air is a domestic and international airline based in Nigeria,
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retrieved 8 February 2017 the country's longest-serving international airline. Established in 2008 by business mogul
Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal, the company's head office is located in
Kano State
Kano State (Hausa: ''Jihar Kano''جىِهَر كَنوُ) (Fula: Leydi Kano 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤢𞤲𞤮𞥅 ) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. According to the national census done in ...
with its base at
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport is an international airport serving Kano, the capital city of Kano State of Nigeria. It was a Royal Air Force station before the country became independent. It is the main airport serving northern Niger ...
,
Kano
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
*Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
**Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
.
History
Max Air is one of Nigeria's leading airlines, operating a domestic, regional and international flight network. The airline was established in 2006 as Mangal Airlines an rebranded Max Air in 2008 operating its first commercial flight to
King Abdulaziz International Airport
King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) ( ar, مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي) is an international airport serving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, also known as "Jeddah International Airport"( ar, مطار جدة الدولي).
T ...
from Kano. The airline began its operations with two
Boeing 747-400
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.
The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting ...
aircraft for its
Umrah
The ʿUmrah ( ar, عُمْرَة, lit=to visit a populated place) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia) that can be undertaken at any time of the year, in contrast to the ...
and
Hajj
The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...
operation services. In June 2018, Max Air began domestic operations to three destinations which include
Abuja
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...
,
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
from the airline's main hub (Kano). On November 1, 2018, Max Air announces two new routes to its domestic operations which include
Port Harcourt and
Yola as part of its expansion drive. On November 5,
Maiduguri
Maiduguri is the capital and the largest city of Borno State
Borno State is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Yobe to the west, Gombe to the southwest, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border form ...
route was launched by the airline, making it the 6th domestic destination to its operational routes.
Destinations
Max Air is being operating in seven domestic and 2 international scheduled destinations in states across Nigeria and the Middle East (as of August 2019).
Fleet
![5NDMB-Maxair-Abuja](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/5NDMB-Maxair-Abuja.jpg)
As of October 2021, the Max Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:
In-flight services
On July 11, 2019, Max Air launches its first in-flight quarterly magazine titled ''In-flight Magazine'' which is the first of its kind in Nigeria's domestic aviation industry history. Max Air In-flight Magazine is published by Zamkah Technologies Limited,
an international company based in Nigeria,
which is a Nigerian privately owned business.
References
External links
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Airlines established in 2008
Organizations based in Kano
Airlines of Nigeria
Transport in Kano
Charter airlines