Skypower Express Airways was an

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based in

Kaduna Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the ...

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. It operated scheduled and charter services in Nigeria and neighboring countries.

Code data

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Code: EAN *

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: NIGERIA EXPRESS

History

Sky Power Express was initially established in 1982 and then incorporated as Express Airways Nigeria on the 19 July 1985. It is owned by Mohammed Joji (85% and Chief Executive), Dr Sale Joji (5%). The Nigerian government set a deadline of 30 April 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. Seven airlines failed to meet the deadline and as a result would not be allowed fly in Nigeria's airspace with effect from 30 April 2007. These were:

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and Space World Airline. The affected airlines would only fly when they satisfied the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s criteria in terms of re-capitalization and thus be re-registered for operation. Skypower was allowed flying Nigerian airspace.

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Skypower Express Airways fleet included:"World Airline Directory" (2006) ''Flight International'', 3–9 October *2 Embraer EMB 110P1 Bandeirante

References

Defunct airlines of Nigeria Airlines established in 1985 Airlines disestablished in 2007 Defunct companies based in Lagos 2007 disestablishments in Nigeria Kaduna Nigerian companies established in 1985 {{Nigeria-airline-stub